song thân
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 雙親, composed of 雙 (“both”) and 親 (“parent”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰən˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧] ~ [sɔŋ˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧] ~ [sawŋ͡m˧˧ tʰəŋ˧˧]
Noun
edit- (literary, collective) one's parents, as in their mother and father