ngũ giới
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 五戒, composed of 五 (“five”) and 戒 (“swear off; be on guard”)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ zəːj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ jəːj˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ jəːj˦˥]
Noun
ngũ giới
- (Buddhism) the Five Precepts.[1]
References
- Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995), “ngũ giới”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 383