xã tắc
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 社稷, composed of 社 (“god of earth”) and 稷 (“god of millet”). See also xã hội.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saː˦ˀ˥ tak̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [saː˧˨ tak̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [saː˨˩˦ tak̚˦˥]
Noun edit
- (dated) a country; a nation
- (Can we date this quote?), Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Thảo thử hịch 討鼠檄:
- Nền xã tắc là nơi báo bổ, can chi mi đào lỗ, đào hang; Chốn miếu đường là chỗ thanh tán, cớ chi ngươi cắn màn, cắn sáo.
- Our country['s grace] is what we should repay, why would you burrow within it? The ancestor temple is pure and sacred, why would you gnaw on the curtain and the bamboo screen?