hỏi
ask · hỏi tone
Typed without accents: hoi
Meanings
Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.
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ask
verbTo ask a question; to ask for something, say xin.
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Saigon
Ba mẹ hỏi em có khỏe không.
Hà Nội
Bố mẹ hỏi em có khỏe không.
My parents asked if I was well.
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hỏi tone
nounhỏi tone, dipping tone
Marked with a small hook above the vowel, as in hỏi. In Saigon it sounds the same as the ngã tone, so the two are learnt as spelling.
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