người đời

Vietnamese

Etymology

người (“person”) +‎ đời (“lifetime”), perhaps a calque of Chinese 世人 (thế nhân). Compare nhân thế, nhân gian (“the world of mortals”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋɨəj˨˩ ʔɗəːj˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋɨj˦˩ ʔɗəːj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋɨj˨˩ ʔɗəːj˨˩]

Noun

người đời

  1. (collective) other people, as opposed to myself/ourselves
    Synonym: thiên hạ
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