Ô-sin

See also: osin, -osin, and ô-sin

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

ô-sin, ô sin, ôsin

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese おしん (o-Shin), feminine honorable name of Shin Tanokura, the title character of the Japanese drama Oshin which was popular enough to be one of the few foreign shows that has gotten dubbed in Vietnamese by northern actors.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔo˧˧ sin˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔow˧˧ ʂin˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔow˧˧ ʂɨ̞̠n˧˧]

Noun

Ô-sin

(colloquial) a maid; a servant

Synonyms

người giúp việc, người ở.

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