tựa hồ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 似乎 (SV: tự hồ)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɨə˧˨ʔ ho˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨə˨˩ʔ how˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨə˨˩˨ how˨˩]

Adverb

seemingly, as if
- 2005, chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
  […] chuyện đánh nhau trong rừng đêm trước tựa hồ chưa từng xảy ra.
  […] it was as if the fight yesterday night in the woods had never happened.

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