thanh hỏi
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
thanh (“tone”) + hỏi (“to ask”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰajŋ̟˧˧ hɔj˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɛɲ˧˧ hɔj˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰan˧˧ hɔj˨˩˦]
Noun edit
- (phonetics) the “mid-falling” tone, one of the six tones in the Vietnamese language, marked by the diacritic dấu hỏi (hook above)