giỗ

See also: gió, giò, giờ, and gi'o

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(dialectal) kị

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zo˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jow˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jow˨˩˦]
Homophone: dỗ

Noun

giỗ

a party on the lunar day when a person dies, a lunar deathday party
giỗ tổ Hùng Vương
commemoration of the ancient Hùng Kings

ăn giỗ
to go to a deathday party

Tại sao lại phải ăn giỗ? Đám nào ai cũng vui mừng chứ có buồn bã gì đâu?
Why in the world do we go to deathday parties? Everyone always has fun romping around, it's not like there's any sense of commemoration or anything!

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