tuồng

Vietnamese

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tuồng

Etymology

The more original meaning word was "look; appearance", which then extended to the performance art due to the performers' eye-catching costumes; hát tuồng therefore can be understood as "costume singing" or "vocal performance with costumes".

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tuəŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tuəŋ˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [tuəŋ˨˩]

Noun

tuồng • (從, 傱, 㗰, 象, 像)

(colloquial) look; appearance; mien
(by extension) classical Vietnamese opera (hát tuồng)
(derogatory) sort; kind (of person)

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Adverb

tuồng • (象)

(obsolete) probably, roughly
(obsolete) to seem; to look
- Tân biên Truyền kỳ mạn lục tăng bổ giải âm tập chú (新編傳奇漫錄增補解音集註)
  象拯蒸𫜵麻𫜵意羅𡗶
  Tuồng chẳng chưng làm mà làm ấy là trời.
  It seems that one who does not do anything, but does it is due to heaven.

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