vạn sự khởi đầu nan
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 萬事起頭難.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vaːn˧˨ʔ sɨ˧˨ʔ xəːj˧˩ ʔɗəw˨˩ naːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˨˩ʔ ʂɨ˨˩ʔ kʰəːj˧˨ ʔɗəw˦˩ naːŋ˧˧] ~ [vaːŋ˨˩ʔ sɨ˨˩ʔ xəːj˧˨ ʔɗəw˦˩ naːŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˨˩˨ ʂɨ˨˩˨ kʰəːj˨˩˦ ʔɗəw˨˩ naːŋ˧˧] ~ [jaːŋ˨˩˨ sɨ˨˩˨ xəːj˨˩˦ ʔɗəw˨˩ naːŋ˧˧]
Proverb edit
- getting started is the hardest part