ảo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ao"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 幻 (“illusion; mirage”; SV: huyễn), misreading of huyễn, probably due to being mistaken for 抝/拗 (ảo).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːw˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːw˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaːw˨˩˦]

Adjective

ảo

(mathematics) imaginary
đơn vị ảo
an imaginary unit
(physics, computing) virtual
ảnh ảo
a virtual image

ảo ảnh
a mirage

thế giới ảo ― a virtual world

sống ảo ― to live in a virtual world
(slang) visually cool
Hình xăm đó nhìn ảo thật! ― That is one cool tattoo!

Derived terms

ảo thuật (“illusionistic magic”)
số ảo (“imaginary number”)

Antonyms

thực

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