vô

From Latin vōs.

vô

1. The second person plural familiar pronoun, you

• vualtris

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps inherited from French "votre" or "vos", or derived from "vouzòt".”)

• IPA^(key): /vo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Homophone: vo

vô

1. (formal, polite, in the singular) your
2. (in the plural) y'all's

• vouzòt

• Homophone: vou (accents with w-loss)

vô m (plural vôs)

1. (informal) Clipping of avô.; grandpa, granddad

vô

1. Eye dialect spelling of vou.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɵ/
• Syllabification: vô

vô

1. denotes contact; on, against [+accusative]
2. denotes subject of dispute; about [+accusative]
3. denotes time; at [+accusative]
4. denotes subject of discussion or thought; about [+locative]

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “vʉ̯̀ɵ”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 1359

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vo˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vow˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vow˧˧] ~ [jow˧˧]
• (Vinh, Thanh Chương) IPA^(key): [vo˧˥]
• (Hà Tĩnh) IPA^(key): [vo˧˥˧]

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Undiphthongized equivalent of Northern vào.

The usage of vào (especially in writing) by speakers of Central-Southern dialects can be contributed to borrowing from Northern dialects. On the other hand, the undiphthongized Southern form with palatal initial latter spread to the Northern and Central dialects as an interjection.

• (Northern Vietnam) vào (with diphthongization)
• (Southern Vietnam, pronunciation spelling) dô
• (Southern Vietnam, pronunciation spelling) dzô

vô • (無, 𠓺)

1. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) to enter; to go into

   Synonym: vào

   Vô nhà lấy con dao cho ba mày làm cá coi cu Thắng.

   Thắng boy, go inside and fetch the knife so that your dad can start preparing some fish.

2. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) to toast
3. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) to go southwards in Vietnam

   Antonym: ra

   • Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠

     塘無䖏乂觥觥
     𡶀𩇛渃碧如幀𤳰圖

     Đường vô xứ Nghệ quanh quanh,
     Núi xanh nác/nước biếc như tranh hoạ/vẽ đồ.

     The road to Nghệ An is winding,
     With lush mountains and blue rivers, [the scenery is] like those captured in a landscape painting.

vô • (無, 𠓺)

1. (chiefly Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) emphasizing sentence-ending particle

   Synonym: vào

   Uống cho lắm vô! Giờ đau đầu!

   You drank yourself to death and now you're wondering why you're having a headache!

   Mại vô!

   Check it out, guys!

vô • (無, 𠓺)

1. in, into, upon

   Nhìn vô nhà coi, có ai hông?

   Did you see anyone when you looked into the house?

vô • (無, 𠓺)

1. toast

   Một, hai, ba, dzô!

   One, two, three, toast!

• trăm phần trăm

Sino-Vietnamese word from 無.

vô (無)

1. (prefixing nouns to form adjectives) without, -less, un-, in-

   Synonyms: bất, không

   vô văn hoá ― ill-mannered (literally, “cultureless”)

   vô tác dụng ― ineffective

vô

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 亡
2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 毋
3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 旡
4. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 忘
5. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 妄
6. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 呒
7. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 无
8. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 毌

Nôm reading of 蕪, 毌, 毋

• "vô" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)