ba hồn chín vía
Vietnamese
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 三魂九魄 (tam hồn cửu phách, literally “three hun, nine po”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ hon˨˩ t͡ɕin˧˦ viə˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ hoŋ˦˩ t͡ɕin˦˧˥ viə˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ hoŋ˨˩ cɨn˦˥ viə˦˥] ~ [ʔɓaː˧˧ hoŋ˨˩ cɨn˦˥ jiə˦˥]
Noun
ba hồn chín vía
- (occult, typically in summoning rituals) the three hun and nine po of a dead female person
See also
- ba hồn bảy vía