nghiêm nghị

See also: nghiêm-nghị

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 嚴 and 毅.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋiəm˧˧ ŋi˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋiəm˧˧ ŋɪj˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋim˧˧ ŋɪj˨˩˨]

    Adjective

    nghiêm nghị

    1. with decorum, grave, serious
      • 1943, Trần Trọng Kim, chapter III, in Nho-giáo‎[1], volume I, Lê Thăng, page 124:
        « Cương, nghị, mộc, nột, cận nhân 剛，毅，木，訥，近 仁: Cương-trực, nghiêm-nghị, chất-phác, trì-độn, là gần nhân. » (Luận-ngữ: Tử-Lộ, XIII)
        "Gāng, yì, mù, nè, jìn rén — 剛，毅，木，訥，近 仁: Upright and outspoken, grave, unpretentious, thinking before speaking, this is close to virtue." (Analects: Zǐlù, XIII)
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