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ông bà

Pronunciation Northern /əwŋ˧˧ ɓa̤ː˨˩/ Central /əwŋ˧˥ ɓaː˧˧/ Southern /əwŋ˧˧ ɓaː˨˩/
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grandparents
Noun
grandparents
3 senses 2 Components
Meaning
3 senses
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Sense 1 Noun
grandparents Family & FriendsTheme FamilyTag

The parents of a person's father or mother, including both the grandfather and the grandmother.

vi Cuối tuần này tôi sẽ về quê thăm ông bà.

en I will go to my hometown to visit my grandparents this weekend.

Sense 2 Noun
ancestor

A person from whom someone is descended, typically referring to those from generations long ago.

vi Chúng ta phải luôn ghi nhớ công ơn của ông bà tổ tiên.

en We must always remember the merits of our ancestors.

Sense 3 Noun
ladies and gentlemen

A formal way of addressing a group of people, commonly used at the beginning of a speech.

vi "Kính thưa ông bà," người dẫn chương trình bắt đầu bài nói.

en "Ladies and gentlemen," the host began the speech.

Parts
ông / bà / 翁婆
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chữ Nôm Source-aligned
Representative candidate
翁婆
Candidates by syllable
ông 翁 bà 婆
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
ông bà anh chị em / ông bà ông vải / thấy ông bà ông vải / ông ấy …
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