dấu trăng

Vietnamese

Etymology

dấu (mark) +‎ trăng (moon)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zəw˧˦ t͡ɕaŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jəw˨˩˦ ʈaŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jəw˦˥ ʈaŋ˧˧]

Noun

dấu trăng

  1. (typography) breve (semicircular diacritical mark)

Usage notes

In Vietnamese orthography, the breve is usually considered to be not a diacritic in its own right but rather a typographic element of the letter Ă and historically Ŏ.

Synonyms

  • (breve): dấu mũ ngược

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