ông bà
Pronunciation
Northern
/əwŋ˧˧ ɓa̤ː˨˩/
Central
/əwŋ˧˥ ɓaː˧˧/
Southern
/əwŋ˧˧ ɓaː˨˩/
grandparents
3 senses
2 Components
Noun
grandparents
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Sense 1
Noun
grandparents
Family & Friends
Family
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.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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.