mẫu tự

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 母 (“mother”) and 字 (“character”), anagram and misconstruction of Chinese 字母 (tự mẫu), perhaps due to the influence of chữ cái.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [məw˦ˀ˥ tɨ˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [məw˧˨ tɨ˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [məw˨˩˦ tɨ˨˩˨]

Noun

(formal, orthography) Synonym of chữ cái (“letter”)

See also

thanh mẫu
vận mẫu

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