xờ nhẹ

Vietnamese

Etymology

xờ (“ex”) +‎ nhẹ (“lightweight”). Since ‹x› properly represents an alveolar /s/ which feels "light" as opposed to a retroflex /ʂ/ represented by ‹s›, this name may be used by those (usually northerners) who don't distinguish the two sounds to distinguish the two letters in writing.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [səː˨˩ ɲɛ˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [səː˦˩ ɲɛ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [səː˨˩ ɲɛ˨˩˨]

Noun

xờ nhẹ

  1. (informal) The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.
    Synonym: ích-xì
    Antonym: sờ nặng
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