hoà

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hoa"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • hòa
  • (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) huề

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 和. Doublet of hùa. Compare Thai ฮั้ว (húua).

Pronunciation

Adjective

hoà

  1. in harmony, without conflict
    • 1943, Trần Trọng Kim, “Lời phát đoan”, in Nho-giáo‎[1], volume I, Lê Thăng, page 13:
      Hoặc là dùng lễ có đủ nghi-tắc mà không có kính, dùng nhạc có đủ chuông trống mà không có hòa, thì lễ và nhạc chỉ là hư-văn mà thôi, không có nghĩa-lý gì cả.
      Or if rituals are performed following all the rules but without reverence, or music is played with all bells and drums but without harmony, then both ritual and music are merely empty formalities without any true meaning.
  2. (games, sports) tied; deadlocked; stalemated; at a draw

Verb

hoà

  1. to mix, to mingle
  2. to draw, to tie

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