cái tôi

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cái (“general classifier”) +‎ tôi (“I; me”), calque of Latin ego (“I”), likely via a modern European philosophy.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːj˧˦ toj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːj˨˩˦ toj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːj˦˥ toj˧˧]

Noun

cái tôi

  1. an ego
    Synonym: bản ngã
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