trinh nữ

See also: Trinh Nữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 貞女.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕïŋ˧˧ nɨ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɨn˧˧ nɨ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈɨn˧˧ nɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

trinh nữ

  1. a female virgin
    • Genesis 24:16, 2011 Vietnamese translation from BD2011 version; 2021 English translation from the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
      Nàng là một thiếu nữ rất xinh đẹp, một trinh nữ, chưa hề biết người nam nào. Nàng đi xuống chỗ giếng nước, lấy đầy một vò nước, rồi đi lên.
      The young woman was very fair to look upon, a virgin, whom no man had known. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.

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