ngũ giới

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 五戒, composed of 五 (“five”) and 戒 (“to swear off; be on guard”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ zəːj˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ jəːj˨˩˦]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ jəːj˦˥]

    Noun

    ngũ giới

    1. (religion, Buddhism) the Five Precepts[1]

    References

    1. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995), “ngũ giới”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 383
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