thanh hỏi

Vietnamese

Etymology

thanh (“tone”) +‎ hỏi (“to ask”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰajŋ̟˧˧ hɔj˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɛɲ˧˧ hɔj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰan˧˧ hɔj˨˩˦]

Noun

thanh hỏi

  1. (phonetics) the “mid-falling” tone, one of the six tones in the Vietnamese language, marked by the diacritic dấu hỏi (hook above)

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