quốc ngữ

See also: quoc ngu

Vietnamese

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chữ Quốc ngữ

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Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 國語 (“national language; official language”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kuək̚˧˦ ŋɨ˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kuək̚˦˧˥ ŋɨ˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [wək̚˦˥ ŋɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

quốc ngữ • (國語)

the modern Vietnamese writing system based on the Latin alphabet
(historical) chữ Nôm
Synonym: Quốc âm
(literary) national language; official language

Quốc ngữ 國語 was used historically to refer to chữ Nôm. Such as in the book, Đại Nam quốc ngữ 大南國語, a Literary Chinese - Vietnamese (chữ Nôm) dictionary.