đinh ba

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 釘耙 (“nail rake”, SV: đinh bá), with Chinese 耙 (bá, “rake”) "eggcornized" by ba (“three”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗïŋ˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨn˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨn˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧]

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Noun

(classifier cây) đinh ba

1. (fiction, weaponry) the 九齒釘耙／九齿钉耙 (Cửu Xỉ Đinh Bá, literally “Nine-Toothed Rake”), the weapon of the magical pig man Zhu Bajie in Journey to the West
2. (weaponry) a trident

   Synonym: ba chĩa

See also

• Tây du kí (“Journey to the West”)
• bồ cào (“rake”)