xơ

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See also: xo, XO, Χo, xo', xó, xô, xo̱, xỏ, xổ, xɔ, and -ҳо

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French sœur.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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xơ

  1. sister, nun (female member of Christian religious community)
    bà xơ ― a nun
    • 1997, Phó Thị Phúc-An, Gắng đi cho trọn đường trần: hồi ký [Striving to fulfill my destiny: a memoir]‎[1], Vienna, Virginia, →OCLC, page 59:
      Từ hôm đó, tôi nuốt tủi hờn, mỗi bữa ăn vào bết lấy phần ăn của mình đem ra bàn ăn, làm mấy bà Sơ làm bếp ngạc nhiên và không chịu để tôi làm…
      From then on, I swallowed my self-pity and at each meal went into the kitchen to take my portion out to the dinner table; the sisters in the kitchen, surprised, wouldn't let me do so…

Etymology 2

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 綀 (“sackcloth; coarse thread”, SV: sơ).

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Noun

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xơ

  1. fiber; fine thread; filament
  2. rind (tough and unpalatable parts of produce)
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