chị Hằng
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
chị (“elder sister”) + Hằng, from Chinese 姮娥 (Hằng Nga).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˨ʔ haŋ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪj˨˩ʔ haŋ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cɪj˨˩˨ haŋ˨˩]
Proper noun edit
- (folklore) a woman who got trapped on the Moon due to the lies of her younger brother, Cuội.
- (figurative) the Moon
Usage notes edit
This figure is often considered to be separate from, but inspired by, Hằng Nga.