bình thuỷ
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- bình thủy
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 水瓶 (thuỷ bình, “water bottle”). The morpheme thuỷ (水) was likely not translated to native nước in order to avoid confusion with usual water bottles.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓïŋ˨˩ tʰwi˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨn˦˩ tʰwɪj˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨn˨˩ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦]
- Homophone: Bình Thuỷ
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