mâu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mau"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 矛.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [məw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [məw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [məw˧˧]

Noun

mâu

spear, lance
- 2005, chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
  Dương Thiết Tâm tránh qua một bên, nhưng hai tên lính cầm trường mâu hai bên cứ ấn mũi mâu vào hai bên sườn y.
  Yáng Tiěxīn dodged to the side, but the two pike-wielding soldiers at both sides pushed the points of their pikes into both sides of his rib cage.

Related terms

trường mâu (“long spear, pike”)

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