tố nga
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 素 (“clean, white”) and 娥 (“fairy”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [to˧˦ ŋaː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tow˨˩˦ ŋaː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tow˦˥ ŋaː˧˧]
Noun
tố nga
- (rare) Hằng Nga
- (archaic, literary) pretty girl
- 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, line 15–16:
頭 𢚸 𠄩 妸 素 娥 翠 翹 姉 㛪 翠 雲 - And two daughters, Thúy-Kiều, and Thúy-Vân,
Famous for their heavenly beauty.
- And two daughters, Thúy-Kiều, and Thúy-Vân,
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