thiếu phụ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 少婦, composed of 少 and 婦.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiəw˧˦ fu˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiw˨˩˦ fʊw˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰiw˦˥ fʊw˨˩˨]

Noun

thiếu phụ

a young married woman
Cô ấy đã trở thành một thiếu phụ xinh đẹp.
She has blossomed into a lovely young woman.

Người thiếu phụ sững sờ khi thấy chồng về sau chiến tranh.
The young woman was stunned to see her husband returning from the war.

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