quan họ

Vietnamese

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quan họ

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwaːn˧˧ hɔ˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kwaːŋ˧˧ hɔ˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [waːŋ˧˧ hɔ˨˩˨]

Noun

quan họ

(music) quan ho, a style of antiphonal Vietnamese folk music with alternating groups of female and male singers issuing musical challenges and responses, originally from Bắc Ninh Province