tố nga

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 素娥, composed of 素 (“clean, white”) and 娥 (“fairy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [to˧˦ ŋaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tow˨˩˦ ŋaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tow˦˥ ŋaː˧˧]

Noun

tố nga

  1. (rare) Hằng Nga
  2. (archaic, literary) pretty girl
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎[1], published 1866, lines 15–16:
      頭(Đầu)𢚸(lòng)𠄩(hai)妸(ả)素(tố)娥(nga)
      翠(Thuý)翹(Kiều)󰑼(là)姉(chị)㛪(em)󰑼(là)翠(Thuý)雲(Vân)
      The first-borns were two beautiful daughters.
      Thúy Kiều the eldest, Thúy Vân the younger.
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