con gái rượu

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === con gái riệu === Etymology === From con gái (“daughter”) +‎ rượu (“alcohol”), a simile allude to alcoholism especially common among Vietnamese men of older generation. It is also possible that this is also a phono-semantic matching between rượu and diệu (“marvellous, wonderful”), the Sino-Vietnamese reading of 妙 (miào), as the two words are homophonous in many Northern dialects. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɔn˧˧ ɣaːj˧˦ ziəw˧˨ʔ] (Huế) IPA(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ ɣaːj˨˩˦ ʐɨəw˨˩ʔ] (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ ɣaːj˦˥ ɹɨəw˨˩˨] === Noun === con gái rượu (chiefly Northern Vietnam, of a father, humorous or endearing) a beloved daughter