Tết Nguyên Tiêu

Vietnamese

Alternative forms
  • Tết Nguyên tiêu

Etymology

From Tết (“festival”) + Nguyên Tiêu (“night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tet̚˧˦ ŋwiən˧˧ tiəw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tet̚˦˧˥ ŋwiəŋ˧˧ tiw˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [təːt̚˦˥ ŋwiəŋ˧˧ tiw˧˧]

Noun

Tết Nguyên Tiêu • (節元宵)

  1. Lantern Festival (festival marking the end of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year period)
    Synonyms: Tết Thượng Nguyên, Rằm Tháng Giêng

See also
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