quân tử nhất ngôn

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 君子 (“superior person”) and 一言 (“to speak once”).

    From Analects:

    子貢曰：「君子一言以為知，一言以為不知，言不可不慎也。……」 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]
    Tử Cống viết: “Quân tử nhất ngôn dĩ vi trí, nhất ngôn dĩ vi bất trí, ngôn bất khả bất thận dã. [...]” [Sino-Vietnamese]
    Zi Gong said: "The superior person, by speaking once, is taken as wise; by speaking once is taken as unwise; one cannot afford to speak carelessly. [...]"

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwən˧˧ tɨ˧˩ ɲət̚˧˦ ŋon˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨ ɲək̚˦˧˥ ŋoŋ˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [wəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ ɲək̚˦˥ ŋoŋ˧˧]

    Phrase

    quân tử nhất ngôn

    1. (rare, usually humorous) I give you my word; you have my word
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