thám hoa

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 探花, Middle Chinese 探花

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˦ hwaː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˦˧˥ hwaː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˦˥ waː˧˧]

Noun

thám hoa

  1. (history) a person who achieves the third highest score in the imperial exam

See also

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