tứ đức

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 四德.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˦ ʔɗɨk̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɗɨk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨ˦˥ ʔɗɨk̚˦˥]
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Noun

tứ đức

  1. (Confucianism) the four qualities that women are supposed to have, namely công (“competence”), dung (“beauty”), ngôn (“eloquence”), hạnh (“virtue”)

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