tiền nhuận bút
Vietnamese
Etymology
tiền (“money”) + Chinese 潤筆 (“to (re-)moist the brush/pen tip by dipping it in ink”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiən˨˩ ɲwən˧˨ʔ ʔɓut̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˦˩ ɲwəŋ˨˩ʔ ʔɓʊk̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tiəŋ˨˩ ɲwəŋ˨˩˨ ʔɓʊk͡p̚˦˥]
Noun
tiền nhuận bút
- pay gotten from a writing, drawing or painting job, especially for a publisher