quoc ngu

noun

The romanized writing system used to write Vietnamese.

OriginVietnamese quốc ngữ →
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Meanings

nounquoc ngu (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe romanized writing system used to write Vietnamese.

    Students studied French and quoc ngu. Most (not all) agreed that Chinese characters no longer sufficed.

    2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 107
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    Promoters of quoc ngu were Vietnamese intellectuals who were either collaborators or anticolonial revolutionaries.

    2003, Thaveeporn Vasavakul, edited by Brown & Ganguly, Fighting Words, page 223

Origin

  1. Vietnamesequốc ngữ
  2. Englishquoc ngu

From Vietnamese quốc ngữ.

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Chicago

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