đại hồng thuỷ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

đại hồng thủy

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 大洪水, composed of 大 (“great”) and 洪水 (“flood”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ həwŋ͡m˨˩ tʰwi˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ həwŋ͡m˦˩ tʰwɪj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ həwŋ͡m˨˩ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier trận, cơn) đại hồng thuỷ

(biblical) a great flood (a flood that wipes out life on Earth as God's means of cleansing)

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