đại hồng thuỷ
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- đại hồng thủy
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 大洪水, composed of 大 (“great”) and 洪水 (“flood”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ həwŋ͡m˨˩ tʰwi˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ həwŋ͡m˦˩ tʰwɪj˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ həwŋ͡m˨˩ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦]
Noun
(classifier trận, cơn) đại hồng thuỷ
- (biblical) a great flood (a flood that wipes out life on Earth as God's means of cleansing)