Hàn Xẻng
Vietnamese
Etymology
hàn (“to weld”) + xẻng (“shovel”), a jocular name for Hàn Quốc, based on the homophone cuốc (“hoe”) and its usual semantic field companion xẻng.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haːn˨˩ sɛŋ˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [haːŋ˦˩ sɛŋ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [haːŋ˨˩ sɛŋ˨˩˦]
Proper noun
Hàn Xẻng
- (humorous or ironic) Synonym of Hàn Quốc (“South Korea”)