bê bò

See also: bebo

Vietnamese

Etymology

bê ("B/b") + bò.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓe˧˧ ʔɓɔ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˧˧ ʔɓɔ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˧˧ ʔɓɔ˨˩]

Noun

bê bò

  1. (colloquial) B/b; an expression for making clear the difference between b and p, due to the fact that the phoneme /p/ does not exist as an onset consonant in Vietnamese native phonology; literally "'b' as in 'bò'"
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