ông đồ

Vietnamese

Etymology

ông (翁) + đồ (徒, as in sinh đồ)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗo˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗow˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗow˨˩]

Noun

ông đồ

  1. a scribe skilled in calligraphy of Chinese characters
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