bêu đầu
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
bêu (“to expose”) + đầu (“head”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓew˧˧ ʔɗəw˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓew˧˧ ʔɗəw˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓew˧˧ ʔɗəw˨˩]
Verb edit
- to put a human head on display, usually by hanging
- bêu đầu thị chúng ― to hang a head in public to make an example