hồn
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "hon"
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 魂.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hồn
- (folklore, religion) hun (the soul which leaves the body after death)
- Antonym: vía
- 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, “Dòng nhớ”, in Cánh đồng bất tận, Tre Publishing House:
- Má tôi bứt ba phải xa sông, nhưng chính bà cũng biết, những dòng nhớ vẫn tiếp tục chảy mãi trong hồn ông.
- My mother pulled him away from the rivier, but she herself also knew that yearning still ran through his soul.
- hồn vía/phách ― hun and po; souls
- (figurative) mind, spirit, vigour
- Synonym: hồn hậu