a-lô
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "alo"
Vietnamese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French allô/allo, from English hello.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ lo˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ low˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧ low˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: a lô
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Interjection
[edit]a-lô
- (telephony) hello (when answering the telephone)
- Synonym: nghe
- 2012, Joe Ruelle, “Chuyện Linh và Lucy [Linh or Lucy?]”, in Ngược chiều vun vút [Whooshing toward the Other Way][1]:
- Peter. Phước yêu… Alô? Alô, anh còn đó không?
- Peter. Phước dear… Hello? Hello, you're still there?
Verb
[edit]a-lô
- (colloquial) to call someone on a telephone
- (slang) to vomit
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