thầy đồ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compound of thầy (“teacher”) +‎ đồ (“disciple (徒)”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰəj˨˩ ʔɗo˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰəj˦˩ ʔɗow˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰəj˨˩ ʔɗow˨˩]

Noun

thầy đồ

  1. (historical) Confucian scholar-teacher
    • 1916, “Thầy đồ dốt (柴徒悴)”, in Tiếu Lâm diễn nghĩa (笑林演義):
      固𱥺柴徒𠰺雉𡥵册三字經
      Có một thầy đồ dạy trẻ con sách Tam tự kinh  […]
      There once was a teacher who taught children with the Three Character Classic  […]
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