pháo lồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

pháo (“cannon”) +‎ lồng (“to put one into another”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faːw˧˦ ləwŋ͡m˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [faːw˨˩˦ ləwŋ͡m˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [faːw˦˥ ləwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

pháo lồng

1. (xiangqi) a checkmate resulting from two cannons aligning with an exposed general on a non-diagonal line, in which the rear cannon is ready to check, and the front one can check if the general's controller futilely attempts to shield it with another piece