trái tim

Vietnamese

Etymology

trái (classifier) +‎ tim (“heart”).

The form lái tim is also attested, for example, in Địa cầu vạn vật luận (1920), and in the name nhà thờ Lái Tim (the Church of [Jesus'] Heart) in Nam Định province, now usually called nhà thờ Trái Tim.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːj˧˦ tim˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaːj˨˩˦ tim˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈaːj˦˥ tim˧˧]

Noun

trái tim

(literary) heart (as seat of emotions)

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