tự vẫn
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 自刎.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˨ʔ vən˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩ʔ vəŋ˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˨ vəŋ˨˩˦] ~ [tɨ˨˩˨ jəŋ˨˩˦]
Verb
edit- (original meaning) to commit suicide by cutting one's throat
- (literary, modern usage, may be considered incorrect) to commit suicide; to take one's own life