vô tri

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 無知. This term has more literal interpretation of "no knowledge/not knowing" than its counterparts in Chinese and Japanese, which have a more figurative denotation of "ignorant".

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vo˧˧ t͡ɕi˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vow˧˧ ʈɪj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vow˧˧ ʈɪj˧˧] ~ [jow˧˧ ʈɪj˧˧]

Adjective

vô tri

  1. mindless; unsentient
    vật vô tri ― inanimate objects
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