hò
Pronunciation
Northern
/hɔ̤˨˩/
Central
/hɔ˧˧/
Southern
/hɔ˨˩/
traditional work song
3 senses
Noun
traditional work song
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
traditional Vietnamese work song
Core Actions
A traditional style of folk singing in Vietnam performed by people while they are working together.
vi Điệu hò giã gạo vang lên trên cánh đồng.
en The traditional Vietnamese work song echoed across the field.
Verb
Sense 2
Verb
to sing work songs
To perform a traditional Vietnamese folk song while working to coordinate efforts or express feelings.
vi Những người nông dân vừa làm vừa hò.
en The farmers sang work songs while working.
Sense 3
Verb
to urge collective action
To call out or encourage a group of people to work together on a common task or goal.
vi Mọi người hò nhau đẩy chiếc xe bị sa lầy.
en Everyone called out to each other to push the bogged-down car.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
呼
Candidates by syllable
hò
𧛞
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.