nhân sư

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 人 (“human”) and 獅 (“lion”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲən˧˧ sɨ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲəŋ˧˧ ʂɨ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɲəŋ˧˧ ʂɨ˧˧] ~ [ɲəŋ˧˧ sɨ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) nhân sư

(mythology) sphinx

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