toà

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

tòa

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 座. It is in fact a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading (a nativised result of toạ), but Han-Viet dictionaries mark it as SV.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [twaː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [twaː˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾aː˨˩]

Classifier

toà

Used for large constructions, such as buildings, temples, palaces, etc.

Noun

toà

Short for toà án (“court (of law)”).

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