mẫu tự
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 母 (“mother”) and 字 (“character”), anagram and misconstruction of Chinese 字母 (tự mẫu), perhaps due to the influence of chữ cái.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [məw˦ˀ˥ tɨ˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [məw˧˨ tɨ˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [məw˨˩˦ tɨ˨˩˨]
Noun
mẫu tự
- (formal, orthography) Synonym of chữ cái (“letter”)
See also
- thanh mẫu
- vận mẫu