thầy giáo

Vietnamese

Etymology

thầy (“teacher”) + Chinese 教 (“to teach”), calque of Chinese 教師 / 教师 (giáo sư)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰəj˨˩ zaːw˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰəj˦˩ jaːw˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰəj˨˩ jaːw˦˥]

Noun

thầy giáo

  1. a male teacher
    Synonym: thầy

See also

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