song thân

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 雙親, composed of 雙 (“both”) and 親 (“parent”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧] ~ [sɔŋ˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧] ~ [sawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧]

Noun

song thân

1. (literary, collective) one's parents, as in their mother and father