tao khang

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 糟糠.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːw˧˧ xaːŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [taːw˧˧ kʰaːŋ˧˧] ~ [taːw˧˧ xaːŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːw˧˧ kʰaːŋ˧˧] ~ [taːw˧˧ xaːŋ˧˧]

Noun

tao khang

(literary, dated, idiomatic) A wife who stayed with her partner since the beginning through thick and thin

Synonyms

tao khang chi thê (糟糠之妻)

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