thầy đồ

Vietnamese

Etymology

thầy (“teacher”) +‎ đồ (“disciple (徒)”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰəj˨˩ ʔɗo˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰəj˦˩ ʔɗow˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰəj˨˩ ʔɗow˨˩]

Noun

thầy đồ

a Confucian scholar-teacher
- 1916, “Thầy đồ dốt (柴徒悴)”, in Tiếu Lâm diễn nghĩa (笑林演義):
  固𱥺柴徒𠰺雉𡥵册三字經
  Có một thầy đồ dạy trẻ con sách Tam tự kinh […]
  There once was a teacher who taught children with the Three Character Classic […]

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