ngoại ô

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 外塢 (SV: ngoại ổ).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋwaːj˧˨ʔ ʔo˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋwaːj˨˩ʔ ʔow˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋwaːj˨˩˨ ʔow˧˧]

Noun

suburbs; outskirts
Synonym: ngoại thành

References

Tầm nguyên từ điển, 1941, Lê Văn Hòe
"ngoại ô" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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