thế giới quan

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 世界觀, composed of 世界 (“world”) and 觀 (“view”), from Japanese 世界観 (sekaikan) which is a calque of German Weltanschauung.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰe˧˦ zəːj˧˦ kwaːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰej˨˩˦ jəːj˨˩˦ kwaːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰej˦˥ jəːj˦˥ waːŋ˧˧]

Noun

thế giới quan

1. (chiefly philosophy or Marxism) a worldview

See also

• phương pháp luận