kính vạn hoa

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Partial calque of Japanese 万華鏡 (mangekyō, vạn hoa kính).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kïŋ˧˦ vaːn˧˨ʔ hwaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨn˦˧˥ vaːŋ˨˩ʔ hwaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɨn˦˥ vaːŋ˨˩˨ waː˧˧] ~ [kɨn˦˥ jaːŋ˨˩˨ waː˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)

Noun[edit]

(classifier cái, chiếc) kính vạn hoa (鏡萬華)

  1. a kaleidoscope (tube of mirrors rotated to produce symmetrical designs)