dấu hỏi

Vietnamese

Etymology

dấu (“mark”) +‎ hỏi, literally “the mark of the word hỏi (“to ask”)”

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zəw˧˦ hɔj˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jəw˨˩˦ hɔj˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jəw˦˥ hɔj˨˩˦]

Noun

dấu hỏi

1. the hook above (the diacritic representing the hỏi tone)
2. (linguistics) hỏi tone, dipping tone
3. Synonym of dấu chấm hỏi (“question mark”)