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Tày
Etymology
From Vietnamese hoa khôi.
Pronunciation
Noun
hoa khôi (花魁)
- a beautiful female
References
- Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 花魁, composed of 花 (“flower/prostitute”) and 魁 (“leader”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hoa khôi
- (colloquial) a beauty queen; a supremely beautiful female; an exceptionally gorgeous girl
Nhỏ đó là hoa khôi của lớp tao đó!- That girl is the beauty queen of my class!
- (dated) Miss (title for a beauty pageant winner)
- (obsolete) a courtesan of supreme beauty
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