cái tôi
Vietnamese
Etymology
From cái (“thing”) + tôi (“I; me”), calque of Latin ego (“I”), likely via a modern European philosophy.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːj˧˦ toj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːj˨˩˦ toj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaːj˦˥ toj˧˧]
Noun
cái tôi
- an ego
- Synonym: bản ngã