thanh huyền

Vietnamese

Etymology

thanh (“tone”) +‎ huyền (“to hang”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰajŋ̟˧˧ hwiən˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɛɲ˧˧ hwiəŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰan˧˧ wiəŋ˨˩]

Noun

thanh huyền

1. (phonetics) the “falling” tone, one of the six tones in the Vietnamese language, marked by the diacritic dấu huyền (grave accent)

Coordinate terms

• thanh ngang
• thanh hỏi
• thanh ngã
• thanh sắc
• thanh nặng