nghề

See also: nghe, nghé, nghê, and nghệ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 藝 (SV: nghệ).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋe˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋej˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋej˨˩]

Noun

nghề

trade; profession
Một nghề cho chín còn hơn chín nghề.
It's better to know one job deeply than knowing several jobs shallowly.
(literally, “One job to chín (“to ripen”), better than chín (“nine”) jobs.”)

See also

Derived terms

lành nghề
nghề nghiệp

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