nguyệt thực

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 月食, composed of 月 (“moon”) and 食 (“to eat; eclipse”), Sino-Vietnamese word from 月蝕, composed of 月 and 蝕 (“eclipse”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋwiət̚˧˨ʔ tʰɨk̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋwiək̚˨˩ʔ tʰɨk̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋwiək̚˨˩˨ tʰɨk̚˨˩˨]

Noun

nguyệt thực

a lunar eclipse

See also

nhật thực
thiên thực

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