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cô giáo

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Hanoi [ko˧˧ zaːw˧˦]Huế [kow˧˧ jaːw˨˩˦]Saigon [kow˧˧ jaːw˦˥] browser voice
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cô giáo means female teacher.

Meanings of cô giáo in English

Noun

  1. female teacher ≈ cô

Example sentences with cô giáo

  • Tom chẳng bao giờ nghe cô giáo cả. Tom never listens to what the teacher says.
  • Cô giáo tên gì? What’s the teacher’s name?
  • Tôi là cô giáo. I'm a schoolmistress.
  • Xin chào, cô giáo. Hello, teacher.
  • Tôi không học được gì từ cô giáo đó cả. I learned nothing from the teacher.
  • Cô giáo bảo chúng tôi học thuộc lòng bài thơ. Our teacher had us learn the poem by heart.
  • Cô giáo không biết liệu bọn trẻ đang ngủ hay thức. The teacher doesn’t know whether the kids are sleeping or awake.
  • Tôi đoán là cô giáo của chúng ta đã hơn 50 tuổi rồi. I guess our teacher is over fifty years old.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, cô giáo could be written as 姑教. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Compound of cô + giáo. Modeled after thầy giáo (“male teacher”), a role traditionally held by men in olden Confucianist Vietnamese society.

Frequently asked questions

What does cô giáo mean in English?

cô giáo (noun) means "female teacher".

How do you pronounce cô giáo?

IPA: Hanoi [ko˧˧ zaːw˧˦]; Saigon [kow˧˧ jaːw˦˥]. Tones: cô — level tone (ngang), giáo — rising tone (sắc).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.