thanh hỏi

Vietnamese

Etymology

thanh (“tone”) +‎ hỏi (“to ask”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰajŋ̟˧˧ hɔj˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɛɲ˧˧ hɔj˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰan˧˧ hɔj˨˩˦]

Noun

thanh hỏi

1. (phonetics) the “mid-falling” tone, one of the six tones in the Vietnamese language, marked by the diacritic dấu hỏi (hook above)

Coordinate terms

• thanh ngang
• thanh huyền
• thanh ngã
• thanh sắc
• thanh nặng