tâm lí
Vietnamese
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editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 心理, composed of 心 (“heart; mind”) and 理 (“workings”), Japanese 心理 (shinri, “psychological”, literally “workings of the mind”). The Japanese term was also used to mean "intellectual" in contrast with 物理 (butsuri, vật lí, “naturalist; physical”, literally “workings of things”), as a type of discipline that concerned theology, philosophy, politics and law. Compare sinh lí (“physiology”, literally “workings of life”) and địa lí (“geography”, literally “workings of the earth”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [təm˧˧ li˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [təm˧˧ lɪj˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [təm˧˧ lɪj˦˥]
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