soái ca

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 帥哥.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [swaːj˧˦ kaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂwaːj˨˩˦ kaː˧˧] ~ [swaːj˨˩˦ kaː˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂ⁽ʷ⁾aːj˦˥ kaː˧˧] ~ [s⁽ʷ⁾aːj˦˥ kaː˧˧]

Noun

(slang) handsome guy; ideal man

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Vietnamese nouns without classifiers