sĩ tử
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 士子 (“learned person”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [si˦ˀ˥ tɨ˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂɪj˧˨ tɨ˧˨] ~ [sɪj˧˨ tɨ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂɪj˨˩˦ tɨ˨˩˦] ~ [sɪj˨˩˦ tɨ˨˩˦]
Noun edit
- (historical, now literary, education) a student who is about to take or taking a major exam, such as one for a position in the feudal government or one for college