Thái Dương

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 太陽 (“Sun”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaːj˧˦ zɨəŋ˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaːj˨˩˦ jɨəŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaːj˦˥ jɨəŋ˧˧] === Proper noun === Thái Dương (literary, otherwise dated) Sun Synonym: Mặt Trời ==== Usage notes ==== This word is nearly never used in isolation as the normal word for "the Sun" in modern Vietnamese, but it does occur in some compounds (most notably Thái Dương hệ (“Solar System”)) and poetic or literary contexts.