tên hiệu

Vietnamese

Etymology

tên (“name”) +‎ hiệu (“symbol”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ten˧˧ hiəw˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ten˧˧ hiw˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [təːn˧˧ hiw˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier cái) tên hiệu

art name (pseudonym adopted by an artist)
(historical) nickname (familiar, invented given name)

Usage notes

The sense "nickname" is mostly used for people (most often scholars) from pre-modern Vietnam.

Synonyms

(art name): hiệu

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