á khôi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 亞 (“second”) and 魁 (“leader”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˦ xoj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaː˨˩˦ kʰoj˧˧] ~ [ʔaː˨˩˦ xoj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaː˦˥ kʰoj˧˧] ~ [ʔaː˦˥ xoj˧˧]

Noun

á khôi

  1. (dated) synonym of á nguyên
  2. the woman who won the second place in a beauty contest, after hoa khôi
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