bách tính

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 百姓, with the Northern reading of both characters.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓajk̟̚˧˦ tïŋ˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓat̚˦˧˥ tɨn˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓat̚˦˥ tɨn˦˥]
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    Noun

    bách tính

    1. (Chinese fiction) common people, masses, ordinary citizens, general population
      Synonym: trăm họ
      • 1909 [14th century], Luo Guanzhong, chapter 41, in Phan Kế Bính, transl., Romance of the Three Kingdoms, translation of original in Chinese:
        Gặp loạn tỏ lòng thương bách tính;
        Lên thuyền gạt lệ cảm ba quân.
        In the chaos, your love for the common people clearly shone;
        Wiping away your tears, ye boarded the boat; the three armies were emotionally touched.
      • 2005 [1957–1959], chapter 1, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung [Jin Yong]:
        Hoàng đế làm hại bách tính chịu khổ, lấy một ít vàng bạc mà y lấy được của bách tính cũng chẳng phải là trộm cắp gì.
        The emperor harms the common people; taking some of the treasures he took from the common people isn't stealing at all.
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