hồng mao

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鴻毛.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ maːw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [həwŋ͡m˦˩ maːw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ maːw˧˧]

Noun

(literally, archaic, poetic, collective) bean goose feathers
nhẹ tựa hồng mao
as light as a been goose's feather
(mythology) one of the nine groups of hair of the mane of the horse that Sơn Tinh offered the reigning Hùng king to propose to his princess
voi chín ngà, gà chín cựa, ngựa chín hồng mao
an elephant with nine tusks, a rooster with nine spurs, a horse with nine groups of mane hair

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