bàn toạ
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- bàn tọa
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 盤 and 坐.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːn˨˩ twaː˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˩ twaː˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩ t⁽ʷ⁾aː˨˩˨]
Noun
(classifier cái) bàn toạ
- seat
- (by extension, euphemistic) the buttocks