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• Diêm Vương Tinh

Sino-Vietnamese word from 閻王星, composed of 閻王 (“King Yama”) and 星 (“star”), from Chinese 閻王星 / 阎王星 (Yánwángxīng), calque of Japanese 冥王星 (Meiōsei, Minh Vương tinh), coined by replacing the rather obscure 冥王 (Meiō, Minh Vương, “Netherking”, i.e. Pluto) with the better known 閻王 / 阎王 (Diêm Vương).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ziəm˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧ tïŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jiəm˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧ tɨn˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jim˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧ tɨn˧˧] ~ [jim˧˧ jɨəŋ˧˧ tɨn˧˧]

Diêm Vương tinh

1. (formal, rare) Pluto (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet)

   Synonym: sao Diêm Vương

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