bút nghiên

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 筆硯 (SV: bút nghiễn).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓut̚˧˦ ŋiən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓʊk̚˦˧˥ ŋiəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓʊk͡p̚˦˥ ŋiəŋ˧˧]

Noun

bút nghiên

  1. (literally) brushes and inkstone
  2. (figurative) studies; literary endeavours
    theo đòi bút nghiên ― to ready oneself for one's studies
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