phượng hoàng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

phụng hoàng

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鳳凰 (“fenghuang”). Compare phụng hoàng.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fɨəŋ˧˨ʔ hwaːŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [fɨəŋ˨˩ʔ hwaːŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [fɨəŋ˨˩˨ waːŋ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) phượng hoàng

(Chinese mythology) a fenghuang
(by extension, mythology) a phoenix
Hội Phượng Hoàng ― The Order of the Phoenix

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