chấn song

Vietnamese

Etymology

A variant of chắn song, from chắn + song.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕən˧˦ sawŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəŋ˦˧˥ ʂawŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cəŋ˦˥ ʂawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [cəŋ˦˥ sawŋ͡m˧˧]

Noun

chấn song

  1. bar on a prison window
    • 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 211:
      Nhưng phải dừng lại vì các chấn song sắt to bằng cổ tay đã theo da trời hiện lên lù lù đập vào mặt.
      But he had to stop, as the wrist-sized iron bars had appeared imposingly and glaringly together with the sky.
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