ca dao
Pronunciation
Northern
/kaː˧˧ zaːw˧˧/
Central
/kaː˧˥ jaːw˧˥/
Southern
/kaː˧˧ jaːw˧˧/
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folk song
Noun
folk song
1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Noun
folk song
Culture & Proper Nouns
A traditional Vietnamese folk song, typically performed as a poem or proverb without any musical accompaniment.
vi Bà thường kể cho tôi nghe những câu ca dao cổ truyền.
en Grandmother often tells me traditional folk songs.
Parts
ca / dao / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 歌謠 …
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Parts
ca / dao / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 歌謠 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 歌謠
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
歌謠
Candidates by syllable
ca
哥（歌 / 𣖚）
dao
謠（瑤）
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
ca sĩ / đại ca / ca hát / ca nhạc …
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Use
ca sĩ / đại ca / ca hát / ca nhạc …