thủ khoa

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 首 and 科.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰu˧˩ xwaː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰʊw˧˨ kʰwaː˧˧] ~ [tʰʊw˧˨ xwaː˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰʊw˨˩˦ kʰwaː˧˧] ~ [tʰʊw˨˩˦ xwaː˧˧]

Noun

a title given to the scholar who achieved the highest score on the Confucian court examination during the Đại Việt period

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