tam thập lục

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 三十六 (“thirty-six”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧ tʰəp̚˧˨ʔ lʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧ tʰəp̚˨˩ʔ lʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧ tʰəp̚˨˩˨ lʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier đàn) tam thập lục

1. a hammered dulcimer with 36 strings, used in the traditional and classical music of Vietnam