ngoại khoá

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (outside) and (course), perhaps erroneously derived from Chinese 課外 / 课外 (khoá ngoại).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ngoại khoá

  1. (education) extracurricular