vịt trời
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Etymology
vịt (“duck”) + trời (“sky; wild of birds”), literally "wild duck". Compare Chinese 天 (tiān, “sky”) as in 天鵝/天鹅 (thiên nga, “swan”, literally “sky goose”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vit̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕəːj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vit̚˨˩ʔ ʈəːj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vɨt̚˨˩˨ ʈəːj˨˩] ~ [jɨt̚˨˩˨ ʈəːj˨˩]
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Noun
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