khố

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 褲 (“trousers”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xo˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰow˨˩˦] ~ [xow˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰow˦˥] ~ [xow˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái) khố

a loincloth
Cha con Chử Đồng Tử nghèo đến nỗi phải thay phiên nhau mặc chung một cái khố.
Chử Đồng Tử and his father were so poor they had to share a loincloth.

See also

quần (“trousers”)

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