tên chữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

tên (“name”) +‎ chữ (“character”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ten˧˧ t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ten˧˧ t͡ɕɨ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [təːn˧˧ cɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cái) tên chữ

(dated) pen name
(historical) courtesy name
(historical) formal name or literary name, used in administrative written records, as opposed to tên Nôm (“demotic name”)

Synonyms

(pen name): tên tự, biệt hiệu, bút danh, biểu tự, tự
(courtesy name): tên tự, biệt hiệu, biểu tự, tự

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