nhỏ

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See also: nho, nhổ, nhớ, nhơ, and nhọ

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

nhỏ • (𡮈, 乳) (diminutive reduplication nho nhỏ)

  1. small; little
    Synonym: bé
    nhỏ bé / bé nhỏ ― small; tiny
  2. quiet, hushed
    tiếng nhỏ ― low volume
    • 2005, chapter 2, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
      – Nói nhỏ chứ! Tên của thánh thượng sao lại gọi bừa như thế?
      "Speak more quietly! Why do you so crudely speak his majesty's name?"
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Noun

nhỏ

  1. (chiefly Southern Vietnam) child
    sắp nhỏ ― our children
    tụi nhỏ ― the kids
  2. (Southern Vietnam) girl; girlie
    con nhỏ đó ― that girl
    nhỏ Hoa ― the girl named Hoa

Pronoun

nhỏ

  1. (Southern Vietnam, familiar) she/her, that girl

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *k-ʄɔh. Compare also Proto-Katuic *tʄoh (whence Pacoh tandyóh (“to drip”)).

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Verb

nhỏ • (㳶, 𤀒)

  1. (of liquids) to drip
  2. to drop a drop of liquid
    nhỏ mắt ― to drop eye drops onto the eyes
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