nguyên tiêu

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• Nguyên Tiêu
• Nguyên tiêu

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 元宵, composed of 元 (“first”) and 宵 (“night”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋwiən˧˧ tiəw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧ tiw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧ tiw˧˧]

Noun

nguyên tiêu

1. night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month

Derived terms

• Tết Nguyên Tiêu