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quoc ngu

quoc ngu noun: the romanized writing system used to write Vietnamese.

Noun

quoc ngu (uncountable)

  1. The romanized writing system used to write Vietnamese.
    • 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
    • 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

Origin of quoc ngu

From Vietnamese quốc ngữ.

Questions about quoc ngu

What does quoc ngu mean?
Quoc ngu means the romanized writing system used to write Vietnamese.
What part of speech is quoc ngu?
Quoc ngu is a noun.

Words near quoc ngu in the dictionary

  1. quob
  2. quobbed
  3. quobbing
  4. quobby
  5. quobs
  6. quoc ngu
  7. quockerwodger
  8. quockerwodgers
  9. quod
  10. quod erat demonstrandum
  11. quod google

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