ba hồn chín vía

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 三魂九魄 (tam hồn cửu phách, literally three hun, nine po).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ hon˨˩ t͡ɕin˧˦ viə˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ hoŋ˦˩ t͡ɕin˦˧˥ viə˨˩˦]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˧˧ hoŋ˨˩ cɨn˦˥ viə˦˥] ~ [ʔɓaː˧˧ hoŋ˨˩ cɨn˦˥ jiə˦˥]

Noun

ba hồn chín vía

  1. (occult, typically in summoning rituals) the three hun and nine po of a dead female person

See also

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