a giao

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 阿膠.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ zaːw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ jaːw˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ jaːw˧˧]

Noun

a giao

(alternative medicine) donkey-hide gelatin; ejiao (substance used in traditional Chinese medicine as a blood tonic)

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Vietnamese nouns without classifiers