họ
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 戶 (“family”, SV: hộ), from Old Chinese 戶 (*ɡʷaːʔ, “door”)
Pronunciation
Noun
- (onomastics) family name; surname
- Hai Bà Trưng họ gì?
Họ Hai!- What was the family name of the Two Ladies Trưng
Two!
- What was the family name of the Two Ladies Trưng
- extended family
- (taxonomy) family
Derived terms
Derived terms
Pronoun
họ
- (chiefly Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, refers to humans only) they; them
Synonyms
Usage notes
- họ ("they, them") is not commonly used in colloquial Southern Vietnamese; tụi nó, tụi đó, etc. are used instead.
Derived terms
Categories:
- Vietnamese terms derived from Chinese
- Vietnamese terms borrowed from Old Chinese
- Vietnamese terms derived from Old Chinese
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- vi:Family
- Vietnamese pronouns
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- Central Vietnamese
- vi:Genealogy
- Vietnamese personal pronouns
- Vietnamese third person pronouns