goá phụ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 寡婦 (SV: quả phụ), with a Sino-Vietnamese element being replaced by its non-Sino-Vietnamese equivalent. Compare kết cuộc, thượng tầng.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣwaː˧˦ fu˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣwaː˨˩˦ fʊw˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣwaː˦˥ fʊw˨˩˨]

    Noun

    goá phụ

    1. a widowed woman
      Synonym: quả phụ