liêm sỉ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 廉恥.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [liəm˧˧ si˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [liəm˧˧ ʂɪj˧˨] ~ [liəm˧˧ sɪj˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lim˧˧ ʂɪj˨˩˦] ~ [lim˧˧ sɪj˨˩˦]

Noun

liêm sỉ

  1. (literary or humorous) being honest and upright in one's ways and having a sense of shame
    Liêm sỉ gì tầm này.
    Shame is good as trash now that we're in shit this deep.
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