nó
Hanoi [nɔ˧˦]Huế [nɔ˨˩˦]Saigon [nɔ˦˥] browser voice
Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
nó means he; she; it.
Meanings of nó in English
Pronoun
- colloquial he; him; she; her
- literary, disrespectful or familiar he; him; she; her (used by the author when talking about a young person (especially the protagonist) or a non-human animal)
- literary it
- colloquial it, used to refer to inanimate objects when accompanied by topic-comment structure
- Cái ghế này nó gãy rồi.This chair is broken
Words with nó
Example sentences with nó
- Nó có vể thú vị với tôi. It seems interesting to me.
- Nó có xa nơi đây không ? Is it far from here?
- Nó đã ăn hết tất cả táo. He ate all of the apple.
- Anh ấy đã đề cập đến nó. He mentioned it.
- Anh đã đọc hết nó rồi à? Did you read it all?
- Để lại nó vào chỗ cũ đi. Put that back where it was.
- Họ đưa nó lại cho cô ấy. They gave it back to her.
- Cô ấy đặt nó vào cái hộp. She put it in the box.
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, nó could be written as 奴, 伮. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Etymology
Probably originally a variant of nọ (“that yonder”). See the table of Vietnamese demonstratives below.
Frequently asked questions
What does nó mean in English?
nó (pronoun) means "he; she; it".
How do you pronounce nó?
IPA: Hanoi [nɔ˧˦]; Saigon [nɔ˦˥]. Tones: nó — rising tone (sắc).