trị vì

See also: trivi

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • trị vị

Etymology

trị (“

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 治 (“to rule”)

    ”) +‎ vì (“

      non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 位 (“throne”, SV: vị)

      ”).

      Pronunciation

      • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˨ʔ vi˨˩]
      • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɪj˨˩ʔ vɪj˦˩]
      • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈɪj˨˩˨ vɪj˨˩] ~ [ʈɪj˨˩˨ jɪj˨˩]

      Verb

      trị vì

      1. (of a king, emperor) to rule, to reign
        • 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, chapter XIII, in Katherine Woods, transl., Le Petit Prince [The Little Prince], translation of original in French; Vietnamese translation from Nguyễn Thành Long, transl., Hoàng tử bé, 2012:
          Các ông vua không thể có. Các ông vua chỉ trị vì thôi. Rất khác nhau chứ.
          [original: Les rois ne possèdent pas. Ils «règnent» sur. C’est très différent.]
          Kings do not own, they reign over. It is a very different matter."
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