Definition

1. Noun:
   • Gramophone, phonograph: A historical device for playing recorded sound, especially music, using a needle and a rotating disc (record). This term is considered old-fashioned and is primarily used in certain Vietnamese dialects or in a nostalgic context.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông tôi vẫn còn giữ chiếc kèn hát cổ từ thời Pháp thuộc. (My grandfather still keeps the old gramophone from the French colonial period.)
  • Trước khi có đĩa CD, người ta nghe nhạc bằng kèn hát. (Before CDs, people listened to music with a gramophone.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is a compound noun formed from "kèn" (horn, wind instrument) and "hát" (to sing), literally describing a device that "sings through a horn," which reflects the design of early gramophones with a large acoustic horn.
• It is largely synonymous with the more common modern term "máy hát" (literally, "singing machine").

Variants and Related Words

• Máy hát (n): The more standard and contemporary term for a record player or gramophone.
• Máy quay đĩa (n): Record player, turntable.
• Đầu đĩa than (n): Modern term for a turntable or record player.

Synonyms

• Phonograph (n): The English equivalent, especially for early models.
• Record player (n): A more general modern term.

Related Idioms or Phrases

• : (As old as a gramophone) An idiom used to describe something very old-fashioned or antiquated.
  • Chiếc xe đó cũ kỹ, đồ cổ như cái kèn hát ấy. (That car is so old, it's as antiquated as a gramophone.)

1. (tiếng địa phương) (như máy hát) Gramophone