quân tử bất khí
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 君子不器. From a saying of Confucius in the Analects.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwən˧˧ tɨ˧˩ ʔɓət̚˧˦ xi˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kwəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ kʰɪj˨˩˦] ~ [kwəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ xɪj˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [wəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɓək̚˦˥ kʰɪj˦˥] ~ [wəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɓək̚˦˥ xɪj˦˥]
Idiom edit
- a gentleman is no specialist