tao khang

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 糟糠.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taːw˧˧ xaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [taːw˧˧ kʰaːŋ˧˧] ~ [taːw˧˧ xaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [taːw˧˧ kʰaːŋ˧˧] ~ [taːw˧˧ xaːŋ˧˧]

Noun

tao khang

  1. (literary, dated, idiomatic) A wife who stayed with her partner since the beginning through thick and thin

Synonyms

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