hộ khẩu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 戶口, composed of (door; household) and (mouth; person).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ho˧˨ʔ xəw˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [how˨˩ʔ kʰəw˧˨] ~ [how˨˩ʔ xəw˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [how˨˩˨ kʰəw˨˩˦] ~ [how˨˩˨ xəw˨˩˦]

Noun

hộ khẩu

  1. a hukou