Thái Dương

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 太陽 (“Sun”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰaːj˧˦ zɨəŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰaːj˨˩˦ jɨəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰaːj˦˥ jɨəŋ˧˧]

Thái Dương

Proper noun

Thái Dương

(literary, otherwise dated) Sun
Synonym: Mặt Trời

Usage notes

This word is nearly never used in isolation as the normal word for "the Sun" in modern Vietnamese, but it does occur in some compounds (most notably Thái Dương hệ (“Solar System”)) and poetic or literary contexts.

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