tố nga

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 素娥, composed of 素 (“clean, white”) and 娥 (“fairy”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [to˧˦ ŋaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tow˨˩˦ ŋaː˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tow˦˥ ŋaː˧˧]

Noun

(rare) Hằng Nga
(archaic, literary) pretty girl
- 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎, published 1866, lines 15–16:
  頭(Đầu)𢚸(lòng)𠄩(hai)妸(ả)素(tố)娥(nga)
  翠(Thuý)翹(Kiều)󰑼(là)姉(chị)㛪(em)󰑼(là)翠(Thuý)雲(Vân)
  The first-borns were two beautiful daughters.
  Thúy Kiều the eldest, Thúy Vân the younger.

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