khoa cử

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 科舉.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xwaː˧˧ kɨ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰwaː˧˧ kɨ˧˨] ~ [xwaː˧˧ kɨ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰwaː˧˧ kɨ˨˩˦] ~ [xwaː˧˧ kɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

khoa cử

  1. imperial examination