tựa hồ

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 似乎 (SV: tự hồ)

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨə˧˨ʔ ho˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨə˨˩ʔ how˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨə˨˩˨ how˨˩]

    Adverb

    tựa hồ

    1. seemingly, as if
      • 2005 [1957–1959], chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung [Jin Yong]:
        […] chuyện đánh nhau trong rừng đêm trước tựa hồ chưa từng xảy ra.
        […] it was as if the fight yesterday night in the woods had never happened.
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