tội nghiệp
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 罪業 (“Buddhist sin”), from Chinese 罪 (zuì, “sin; crime”) + 業/业 (yè, “karma”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [toj˧˨ʔ ŋiəp̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [toj˨˩ʔ ŋiəp̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [toj˨˩˨ ŋip̚˨˩˨]