lương y

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 良醫, composed of 良 (“good”) and 醫 (“physician”)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lɨəŋ˧˧ ʔi˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lɨəŋ˧˧ ʔɪj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lɨəŋ˧˧ ʔɪj˧˧]

Noun

lương y

  1. (literary) a good (both skillful and ethical) physician

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.