cái tôi

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cái (“general classifier”) +‎ tôi (“I; me”), calque of Latin ego (“I”), likely via a modern European philosophy.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːj˧˦ toj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːj˨˩˦ toj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaːj˦˥ toj˧˧]

Noun

cái tôi

1. an ego

   Synonym: bản ngã