ôn, lương, cung, kiệm, nhượng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese:

夫子溫、良、恭、儉、讓以得之。 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Phu tử ôn, lương, cung, kiệm, nhượng dĩ đắc chi. [Sino-Vietnamese]

Our master is benign, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant and thus he gets his information.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔon˧˧ lɨəŋ˧˧ kʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kiəm˧˨ʔ ɲɨəŋ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔoŋ˧˧ lɨəŋ˧˧ kʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kiəm˨˩ʔ ɲɨəŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔoŋ˧˧ lɨəŋ˧˧ kʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kim˨˩˨ ɲɨəŋ˨˩˨]

Idiom

ôn, lương, cung, kiệm, nhượng

1. Be cordial, kind, courteous, modest, and deferential.