quan họ

Vietnamese edit

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quan họ

Liền anh, liền chị hát quan họ trên thuyền rồng tại Hồ Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwaːn˧˧ hɔ˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kwaːŋ˧˧ hɔ˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [waːŋ˧˧ hɔ˨˩˨]

Noun edit

quan họ

(music) quan ho, a style of antiphonal Vietnamese folk music with alternating groups of female and male singers issuing musical challenges and responses, originally from Bắc Ninh Province