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Hanoi [ʔɔ˧˧]Huế [ʔɔ˧˧]Saigon [ʔɔ˧˧] browser voice
Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
Meanings of o in English
Noun
- The name of the Latin script letter O/o.
Noun
- Central Vietnam, Northern Vietnam paternal aunt, father's sister
- Central Vietnam, Northern Vietnam female teacher
Pronoun
- Central Vietnam, Northern Vietnam First, second, and third female personal pronoun ≈ cô
- O nớ rù quến ghê!She is so charming!
Classifier
- Hà Tĩnh, Nghệ An indicates a young adult woman
- o du kích nhỏthe little guerrilla damsel
Combining form
- reduplicant of ốm, only used in ốm o
Example sentences with o
- Ò ó o o! Cockadoodledoo!
- Lưu ý rằng do bản chất của liên kết động trên Linux, các trình cắm không nhất thiết phải liên kết với tệp đối tượng db.o. Note that due to the nature of dynamic linking on Linux, plugins don’t have to actually link with the db.o object.
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, o could be written as 姑, 𪦭. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *ʔɔː.
Frequently asked questions
How do you pronounce o?
IPA: Hanoi [ʔɔ˧˧]; Saigon [ʔɔ˧˧]. Tones: o — level tone (ngang).