tháng giêng

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

tháng (“month”) + non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 正 (“principal (month)”, SV: chinh), calque of Chinese 正月 (chinh nguyệt).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰaːŋ˧˦ ziəŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰaːŋ˦˧˥ jiəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰaːŋ˦˥ jiəŋ˧˧]

Noun edit

tháng giêng • (躺/𣎃 + 正/征/𦙫/𣦓/𥢆)

the first lunar month of a year
(by extension, literary or on certain printed calendars) January

Usage notes edit

This term properly refers to the lunar month. Some calendar producers conflate it with the Gregorian solar month, despite the oft-imperfect overlap between the two types of month.

Synonyms edit

tháng một; tháng 1