hành
See also: hạnh
Vietnamese
editPronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hajŋ̟˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hɛɲ˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [han˨˩]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Etymology 1
editNoun
edit(classifier cây, củ) hành • (行, 荇)
- green onion
- shallot
- Short for hành tây (“onion”, literally “western onion”).
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editShortened from hành hạ.
Coinage most likely facilitated by the homophony of the unrelated noun above, leading to further coinage of phrases like bán hành (“to torment physically/to sell scallion”) and bón hành (“to give a one-sided beating/to spoon-feed scallion”).
Verb
edithành
Noun
edithành
- (often humorous) torment; physical abuse
- Phim tới đâu rồi?
Nhân vật chính đang bị phản diện bán hành.- How is the movie going right now?
Yeah, the protagonist is getting the shit beaten out of him by the villain.
- How is the movie going right now?
Etymology 3
editSino-Vietnamese word from 行 (“to go; to work”). Normally a bound morpheme, but became somewhat free due to expressions such as học hành, which may be expanded to học đi đôi với hành. học hành normally means "studies" but can be used as a rhetorical device to mean "theory and praxis".
Noun
edithành
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