quan họ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwaːn˧˧ hɔ˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwaːŋ˧˧ hɔ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [waːŋ˧˧ hɔ˨˩˨]

Noun

quan họ

  1. (music) quan ho, a style of antiphonal Vietnamese folk music with alternating groups of female and male singers issuing musical challenges and responses, originally from Bắc Ninh Province