Chapter 30: The White Tomb

 

(For the romanisation of Chinese and Japanese, see Transliteration. To understand the writing systems of CJV, see Writing Systems. For word order notes, see Word Order)

Where a Vietnamese word has been borrowed from Chinese, the original Chinese character is shown in parentheses.

 

Chinese (Mainland)	白色坟墓 Báisè fénmù	白色 báisè = 'white-coloured'. 坟墓 fénmù = 'grave, tomb'.	The white tomb
Chinese (Taiwan)	白色陵墓 Báisè língmù	白色 báisè = 'white-coloured'. 陵墓 língmù = 'mausoleum, tomb'.	The white tomb
Japanese	白い墓 Shiroi haka	白い shiroi = 'white'. 墓 haka = 'grave'.	The white grave
Vietnamese	Ngôi mộ trắng	ngôi = classifier for graves, etc. mộ (墓) = 'grave'. trắng = 'white'.	The white grave

A direct translation in all versions. In Chinese, the word 陵墓 língmù 'mausoleum, tomb' sounds somewhat grander than 坟墓 fénmù 'grave, tomb'.

Note that the Vietnamese word mộ 'grave' requires a classifier, an example of the widespread use of classifiiers/measure words in Vietnamese.

(A summary of this chapter can be found at Harry Potter Facts. Detailed notes on the chapter can be found at Harry Potter Lexicon)

Chapter 29

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