ba hồn chín vía

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 三魂九魄 (tam hồn cửu phách, literally “three hun, nine po”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ hon˨˩ t͡ɕin˧˦ viə˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ hoŋ˦˩ t͡ɕin˦˧˥ viə˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ hoŋ˨˩ cɨn˦˥ viə˦˥] ~ [ʔɓaː˧˧ hoŋ˨˩ cɨn˦˥ jiə˦˥]
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Noun

ba hồn chín vía

(occult, typically in summoning rituals) the three hun and nine po of a dead female person

See also

ba hồn bảy vía

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