ca dao

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 歌謠.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˧ zaːw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˧˧ jaːw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaː˧˧ jaːw˧˧]

Noun

ca dao

  1. Vietnamese folk song, often recited or sung as a poem, idiom or proverb without accompaniment

See also