Tây du kí

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 西遊記, composed of 西 (west), (to travel) and (record), from Chinese 西遊記 / 西游记 (Xīyóujì).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [təj˧˧ zu˧˧ ki˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [təj˧˧ jʊw˧˧ kɪj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [təj˧˧ jʊw˧˧ kɪj˦˥]
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Proper noun

Tây du

  1. (literature) Journey to the West, one of China's Four Great Classical Novels

Noun

Tây du

  1. a game in which two players take turn clapping and high fiving while shouting the syllables in the phrase Tây du kí

See also