ngọ

See also: ngo, NGO, ngó, ngò, ngố, ngộ, Ngọ, and Appendix:Variations of "ngo"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 午. Regular reading should be ngỗ; compare regular reading ngỗ of 仵 (MC nguX), homophone of 午 (MC nguX) in Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋɔ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋɔ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋɔ˨˩˨]
• Homophone: Ngọ

Noun

ngọ

1. (archaic) noon

Anagrams

• gọn