ngũ quả
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 五果 (“five fruits”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ kwaː˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ kwaː˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ waː˨˩˦]
Noun edit
- the five (or more) fruits on a tray on the ancestral altar during the Vietnamese New Year celebrations