tuẫn tiết

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 殉節.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [twən˦ˀ˥ tiət̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [twəŋ˧˨ tiək̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˨˩˦ tiək̚˦˥]

Verb

tuẫn tiết

1. (literary) to kill oneself for something grand, such as a principle, a virtue, an ideal, etc.

   Hai Bà Trưng tuẫn tiết.

   The Trưng sisters committed virtuous suicide.