ngũ âm
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 五音, composed of 五 (“five”) and 音 (“sound”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ ʔəm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ ʔəm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ ʔəm˧˧]
Noun
ngũ âm
- the five notes cung, thương, giốc, chủy, vũ of the classic pentatonic scale[1]
References
- Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995), “ngũ-âm”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 383