cô nương

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 姑娘.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ko˧˧ nɨəŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kow˧˧ nɨəŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kow˧˧ nɨəŋ˧˧]

Noun

cô nương

(Chinese fiction, polite) a young girl or woman

Pronoun

cô nương

(polite in Chinese fiction or humorous or ironic in Southern Vietnam) you, young lady

See also

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Vietnamese nouns without classifiers