trị vì

See also: trivi

Vietnamese

Etymology

trị (“Sino-Vietnamese word from 治 (“to rule”)”) +‎ vì (“non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 位 (“throne”, SV: vị)”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˨ʔ vi˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɪj˨˩ʔ vɪj˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈɪj˨˩˨ vɪj˨˩] ~ [ʈɪj˨˩˨ jɪj˨˩]

Verb

trị vì

  1. (of a king, emperor) to rule, to reign
    • 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, chapter XIII, in Katherine Woods, transl., Le Petit Prince [The Little Prince], translation of original in French; Vietnamese translation from Nguyễn Thành Long, transl., Hoàng tử bé, 2012:
      Các ông vua không thể có. Các ông vua chỉ trị vì thôi. Rất khác nhau chứ.
      [original: Les rois ne possèdent pas. Ils «règnent» sur. C’est très différent.]
      Kings do not own, they reign over. It is a very different matter."
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