tuẫn tiết

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 殉節.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [twən˦ˀ˥ tiət̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [twəŋ˧˨ tiək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˨˩˦ tiək̚˦˥]

Verb

tuẫn tiết

  1. (literary) to kill oneself for something grand, such as a principle, a virtue, an ideal, etc.
    Hai Bà Trưng tuẫn tiết.
    The Trưng sisters committed virtuous suicide.
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