tên chữ
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
tên (“name”) + chữ (“character”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ten˧˧ t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ten˧˧ t͡ɕɨ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [təːn˧˧ cɨ˨˩˦]
Noun edit
- (dated) pen name
- (historical) courtesy name
- (historical) formal name or literary name, used in administrative written records, as opposed to tên Nôm (“demotic name”)