thế giới quan

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 世界觀, composed of 世界 (world) and (view), from Japanese 世界観 (sekaikan) which is a calque of German Weltanschauung.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰe˧˦ zəːj˧˦ kwaːn˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰej˨˩˦ jəːj˨˩˦ kwaːŋ˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰej˦˥ jəːj˦˥ waːŋ˧˧]

    Noun

    thế giới quan

    1. (chiefly philosophy or Marxism) a worldview

    See also