ngũ mã phanh thây
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Partial calque of Chinese 五馬分屍/五马分尸 (ngũ mã phân thi), but with the substitution of phân (分) with the etymologically unrelated phanh through phono-semantic matching.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ maː˦ˀ˥ fajŋ̟˧˧ tʰəj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ maː˧˨ fɛɲ˧˧ tʰəj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ maː˨˩˦ fan˧˧ tʰəj˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Noun[edit]
- (historical) dismemberment with five horses
See also[edit]
- tứ mã phanh thây (“dismemberment with four horses”)