cơ hồ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 幾乎.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəː˧˧ ho˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəː˧˧ how˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəː˧˧ how˨˩]

Adverb

almost, nearly
- 2005, chapter 10, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
  Quách Tĩnh cổ họng bị xiết^[sic], cơ hồ không thở được.
  Guō Jìng was being choked, he almost could not breathe.

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