"Ngô" meaning in Vietnamese

See Ngô in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ŋo˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ŋow˧˧] [Huế], [ŋow˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-ngô.wav
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 吳. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|吳}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|吳}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 吳 Head templates: {{head|vi|proper noun|head=Ngô|tr=}} Ngô
  1. Ngo: a surname from Chinese Categories (place): China
    Sense id: en-Ngô-vi-name-PtySGRS- Disambiguation of China: 82 9 9 Categories (other): Vietnamese surnames, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sino-Vietnamese words, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 22 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 13 13 Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 44 7 48 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 82 9 9
  2. Wu
    Sense id: en-Ngô-vi-name-AMHkaOTk
  3. (obsolete) Chinese Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-Ngô-vi-name-ipd59CEo Categories (other): Sino-Vietnamese words Disambiguation of Sino-Vietnamese words: 44 7 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bí ngô, nhà Ngô
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bí ngô"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nhà Ngô"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Ngo"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Ngo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Ngo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Ngo"
          },
          "expansion": "French: Ngo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: Ngo"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "vi",
        "2": "吳"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "Sino-Vietnamese words"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
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        "1": "吳"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Vietnamese word from 吳",
      "name": "vi-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Vietnamese word from 吳.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Ngô",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ngô",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 22 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 7 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Vietnamese words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 9 9",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "China",
          "orig": "vi:China",
          "parents": [
            "Countries",
            "Countries in Asia",
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Asia",
            "Names",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ngo: a surname from Chinese"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ngô-vi-name-PtySGRS-",
      "links": [
        [
          "Ngo",
          "Ngo#English"
        ],
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Wu Chinese",
          "text": "tiếng Ngô",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ngô-vi-name-AMHkaOTk",
      "links": [
        [
          "Wu",
          "Wu"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 7 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Vietnamese words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Chinese"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ngô-vi-name-ipd59CEo",
      "links": [
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Chinese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋo˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋow˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋow˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ngô"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-ngô.wav",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Ngô"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Sino-Vietnamese words",
    "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Vietnamese lemmas",
    "Vietnamese proper nouns",
    "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Vietnamese terms with homophones",
    "vi:China"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bí ngô"
    },
    {
      "word": "nhà Ngô"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Ngo"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Ngo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Ngo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "Ngo"
          },
          "expansion": "French: Ngo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: Ngo"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "吳"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "Sino-Vietnamese words"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "吳"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Vietnamese word from 吳",
      "name": "vi-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Vietnamese word from 吳.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Ngô",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ngô",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese surnames",
        "Vietnamese surnames from Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ngo: a surname from Chinese"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ngo",
          "Ngo#English"
        ],
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Wu Chinese",
          "text": "tiếng Ngô",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Wu",
          "Wu"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Chinese"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Chinese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋo˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋow˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋow˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ngô"
    },
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/LL-Q9199_%28vie%29-Jessica_Nguyen_%28Pamputt%29-ng%C3%B4.wav/LL-Q9199_%28vie%29-Jessica_Nguyen_%28Pamputt%29-ng%C3%B4.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ngô"
}

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