hội thoại

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 會話, composed of 會 (“to gather”) and 話 (“to talk”), Japanese 会話 (kaiwa).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hoj˧˨ʔ tʰwaːj˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hoj˨˩ʔ tʰwaːj˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hoj˨˩˨ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩˨]

Verb

hội thoại

to talk, to converse
sự hội thoại ― dialog

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