sĩ đại phu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 士大夫.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [si˦ˀ˥ ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ fu˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂɪj˧˨ ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ fʊw˧˧] ~ [sɪj˧˨ ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ fʊw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂɪj˨˩˦ ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ fʊw˧˧] ~ [sɪj˨˩˦ ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ fʊw˧˧]

Noun

đại phu

  1. (archaic, historical) scholar-official; literati