quan sát

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 觀察 (“to observe”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwaːn˧˧ saːt̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwaːŋ˧˧ ʂaːk̚˦˧˥] ~ [kwaːŋ˧˧ saːk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [waːŋ˧˧ ʂaːk̚˦˥] ~ [waːŋ˧˧ saːk̚˦˥]

Verb

quan sát

  1. to observe
    • 1892 [1891], Arthur Conan Doyle, “A Scandal in Bohemia”, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; Vietnamese translation from “Vụ tai tiếng xứ Bohemia”, in Lê Quang Toản, transl., Những cuộc phiêu lưu của Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes toàn tập; 1), 2015:
      Anh nhìn thấy, nhưng anh không quan sát.
      [original: You see, but you do not observe.]

Noun

quan sát

  1. observation
    theo quan sát của tôi ― based on/according to my observation
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