sinh đồ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 生徒.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sïŋ˧˧ ʔɗo˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˦˩] ~ [sɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˨˩] ~ [sɨn˧˧ ʔɗow˨˩]

Noun

sinh đồ

  1. (historical) a title for a scholar who passes three rounds of the provincial examination, but not the final round (phúc hạch) during the Lê and early Nguyễn dynasty.
  2. (historical) a student

See also