hò

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

verb
To sing out for, to shout for
đến bến hò đò trong đêm khuya to sing out for the boat late at night at a ferry
To call on, to urge
hò nhau đi đắp đê chống lụt to urge one another to go and strengthen dykes in anticipation of floods
To cry for
hò ăn to cry for food
hò voi bắn súng sậy much ado about nothing
noun
Vietnamese chanty, work song
Ho Hue (Hue chanty): With high lyric quality, Hue chanty is closely attached to the everyday working life. They play the O chanty with a passionate tune when treading water, mowing weed, harrowing, or following a buffalo treading on paddy. They play the Do Hay chanty with a slow and sad tune when doing some light piece of job (hashing potatoes, chopping marsh-lentil, weaving cloth, lulling a babỵ..). The Ho Bui chanty has a reasonably fast and rythmical air: One puts forward a tune, and another responds. They play the Nen chanty when building a road or a dyke, the Nen Voi chanty when pounding lime, even the Gia Gao chanty when grinding rice... The river chanties consist of Day Nuoc (pushing water), Mai Day (played when an overloaded boat crosses a waterfall, a very fast flow or strong waves) with very lively parallel sentences, and Dua Ghe (boat race). With no sneering hints, the Mai Nhi tender chanty alluding to warm trysts and heart-rending moans is played when the weather is attractively calm. In addition, there are Ru con (lulling a baby) and Dua Linh (attending a funeral) chanties

	[hò]
	động từ
		To sing out for, to shout for
			đến bến hò đò trong đêm khuya
			to sing out for the boat late at night at a ferry
		To call on, to urge
			hò nhau đi đắp đê chống lụt
			to urge one another to go and strengthen dykes in anticipation of floods
		To cry for
			hò ăn
			to cry for food
		hò voi bắn súng sậy
			much ado about nothing
			shanty
		Ho Hue (Hue chanty): With high lyric quality, Hue chanty is closely attached to the everyday working life. They play the O chanty with a passionate tune when treading water, mowing weed, harrowing, or following a buffalo treading on paddy. They play the Do Hay chanty with a slow and sad tune when doing some light piece of job (hashing potatoes, chopping marsh-lentil, weaving cloth, lulling a baby...). The Ho Bui chanty has a reasonably fast and rythmical air: One puts forward a tune, and another responds. They play the Nen chanty when building a road or a dyke, the Nen Voi chanty when pounding lime, even the Gia Gao chanty when grinding rice.... The river chanties consist of Day Nuoc (pushing water), Mai Day (played when an overloaded boat crosses a waterfall, a very fast flow or strong waves) with very lively parallel sentences, and Dua Ghe (boat race). With no sneering hints, the Mai Nhi tender chanty alluding to warm trysts and heart-rending moans is played when the weather is attractively calm. In addition, there are Ru con (lulling a baby) and Dua Linh (attending a funeral) chanties.