tờ mây

Vietnamese

Etymology

tờ (“sheet”) +‎ mây (“cloud”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [təː˨˩ məj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [təː˦˩ məj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [təː˨˩ məj˧˧]

Noun

(classifier bức) tờ mây

1. (obsolete) a kind of paper for writing letters, said to have cloud patterns as decoration
2. (by extenstion, obsolete, probably literary when it was in use) a letter