tụ hội

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 聚會.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tu˧˨ʔ hoj˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʊw˨˩ʔ hoj˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʊw˨˩˨ hoj˨˩˨]

Verb

(intransitive) to gather; to get together, to meet together
Synonym: tụ họp
- 1941, Tô Hoài, chapter 1, in Dế Mèn phiêu lưu ký:
  […] ai nấy ra khỏi hang, đến tụ hội thật đông tận giữa bãi trong đêm tối mát lạnh […]
  […] everybody came out of their holes and we gathered to form a crowd in the middle of the field during the chilly night […]

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