bình thuỷ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• bình thủy

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 水瓶 (thuỷ bình, “water bottle”). The morpheme thuỷ (水) was likely not translated to native nước in order to avoid confusion with usual water bottles.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓïŋ˨˩ tʰwi˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɨn˦˩ tʰwɪj˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɨn˨˩ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦]
• Homophone: Bình Thuỷ

Noun

(classifier cái) bình thuỷ

1. (Southern Vietnam) thermos

   Synonym: phích

Anagrams

• Thuỷ Bình