tứ đức

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 四德.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˦ ʔɗɨk̚˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɗɨk̚˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨ˦˥ ʔɗɨk̚˦˥]
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    Noun

    tứ đức

    1. (Confucianism) the four qualities that women are supposed to have, namely công (competence), dung (beauty), ngôn (eloquence), hạnh (virtue)

    See also