chị Hằng
Vietnamese
Etymology
chị (“elder sister”) + Hằng, from Chinese 姮娥 (Hằng Nga), the goddess of the moon. Nothing more than just the name and the fact that she was unwillingly trapped in the moon is inspired by that.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˨ʔ haŋ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪj˨˩ʔ haŋ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cɪj˨˩˨ haŋ˨˩]
Proper noun
chị Hằng
- (folklore) a woman who got trapped on the moon due to his younger brother Cuội's lies