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ông, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
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ông, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Hokkien
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (North Central Vietnam, phonetic spelling) ôông
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 翁 (“old man”). In Japanese, the same character corresponds to 嫗 (“old woman”). The character for bà (which corresponds to ông in Vietnamese), 婆 (pó, “grandmother”), actually corresponds to 爺／爷 (yé, “grandfather”) in Chinese and Japanese.
Pronunciation
Noun
ông
- a grandfather
- an old man
- (honorific) a man, old or young
Derived terms
Related terms
Pronoun
ông
- you, my grandfather
- Antonyms: cháu, con
- (familiar) you, an old man
- Antonyms: cháu, con
- (formal) you, a man about 40 or older
- Antonym: tôi
- (informal) you, a dude
- Antonym: tôi
Ông nghĩ sao vậy !?- The heck were you thinking, man!?
- I/me, your grandfather
- Antonyms: cháu, con
- (familiar) I/me, an old man
- Antonyms: cháu, con
- (narratology) he/him, an admirable/lovable old or deceased man
Usage notes
- For the narratological sense, frequently used to refer to renowned figures such as, for example, Benjamin Franklin. Perhaps also neutrally fitting for infamous figures such as Adolf Hitler.
Derived terms
Descendants
Classifier
ông
- (literary) Indicates stars
- Synonyms: vì, ngôi
- used for lime container
- Ông bình vôi — A lime container
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