thủ khoa

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 首 and 科.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰu˧˩ xwaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰʊw˧˨ kʰwaː˧˧] ~ [tʰʊw˧˨ xwaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰʊw˨˩˦ kʰwaː˧˧] ~ [tʰʊw˨˩˦ xwaː˧˧]

Noun

thủ khoa

1. a title given to the scholar who achieved the highest score on the Confucian court examination during the Đại Việt period