hồng

See also: hong, hóng, hòng, hōng, hǒng, Hong, and Høng

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 紅 (“red”).

Semantic shift like this can be seen with other Sino-Vietnamese items that did not displace native terms but were nevertheless borrowed, see trúc (“Phyllostachys spp.”), huyết (“blood curd”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩]
  • Audio (Hà Nội)(file)

Adjective

hồng

  1. pink
  2. (only in compounds) red

Derived terms

See also
Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)
     trắng      xám      đen
             đỏ; thắm, thẫm              cam; nâu              vàng; kem
             vàng chanh              xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục              xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
             xanh lơ, hồ thủy; xanh mòng két              xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh              xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
             tím; chàm              tía              hồng

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) hồng

  1. persimmon

See also
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