nghĩa lí
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 義理.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋiə˦ˀ˥ li˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋiə˧˨ lɪj˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋiə˨˩˦ lɪj˦˥]
Noun edit
- (philosophy, literary) meaning and principle; "the right way"
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) meaning; sense
- Làm vậy chi vậy? Đúng là chả ra nghĩa lí gì sất.
- What did you do that for? It's utterly pointless/senseless.