thương hải tang điền

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 滄海桑田 (turning the high seas into mulberry forests)

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰɨəŋ˧˧ haːj˧˩ taːŋ˧˧ ʔɗiən˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɨəŋ˧˧ haːj˧˨ taːŋ˧˧ ʔɗiəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰɨəŋ˧˧ haːj˨˩˦ taːŋ˧˧ ʔɗiəŋ˨˩]

Noun

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thương hải tang điền

  1. (dated, literary) an epic change
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References

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