vở

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vo"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese ꞗở (already undergone lenition), as in ꞗở hăọc tlo, in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vəː˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vəː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vəː˨˩˦] ~ [jəː˨˩˦]
  • Homophones: dở, dỡ, vỡ (Southern Vietnam)
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Noun

(classifier cuốn, quyển) vở • (𡳩, 𦅴, 𬁫)

  1. notebook

Derived terms

Classifier

vở

  1. Indicates works of performance art, such as plays (kịch), operas (ca kịch), ballets (vũ kịch, ba lê), etc.
    một vở cải lương ― a play of cải lương
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