tứ đức

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 四德.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɨ˧˦ ʔɗɨk̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɗɨk̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨ˦˥ ʔɗɨk̚˦˥]

Noun

tứ đức

(Confucianism) the four qualities that women are supposed to have, namely công (“competence”), dung (“beauty”), ngôn (“eloquence”), hạnh (“virtue”)

See also

tam tòng

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