đèn lồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

đèn (“light”) +‎ lồng (“cage”), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 燈籠 (SV: đăng lung).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛn˨˩ ləwŋ͡m˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˦˩ ləwŋ͡m˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɛŋ˨˩ ləwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

đèn lồng

Synonym of lồng đèn (“lantern”)
Đèn lồng đỏ treo cao cao ― Raise High the Red Lantern (a film by Zhang Yimou).

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