tử vi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 紫微, shortened from Chinese 紫微斗數 (tử vi đẩu số).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɨ˧˩ vi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨ˧˨ vɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɨ˨˩˦ vɪj˧˧] ~ [tɨ˨˩˦ jɪj˧˧]

Noun

tử vi

1. (occult) a horoscope according to Taoist fortune-telling