cơ hồ
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 幾乎.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəː˧˧ ho˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəː˧˧ how˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəː˧˧ how˨˩]
Adverb[edit]
- 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.