ngũ giới

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 五戒, composed of 五 (“five”) and 戒 (“to swear off; be on guard”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ zəːj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ jəːj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ jəːj˦˥]

Noun

ngũ giới

  1. (religion, Buddhism) the Five Precepts[1]

References

  1. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995) “ngũ giới”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 383
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