bát quái

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 八卦.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːt̚˧˦ kwaːj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˧˥ kwaːj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːk̚˦˥ waːj˦˥]

Noun

bát quái

1. (divination) the eight trigrams