bê bò
See also: bebo
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓe˧˧ ʔɓɔ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˧˧ ʔɓɔ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓej˧˧ ʔɓɔ˨˩]
Noun edit
- (colloquial) B/b; an expression for making clear the difference between b and p, due to the fact that the phoneme /p/ does not exist as an onset consonant in Vietnamese native phonology; literally "'b' as in 'bò'"