bút nghiên
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 筆硯 (SV: bút nghiễn).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓut̚˧˦ ŋiən˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓʊk̚˦˧˥ ŋiəŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓʊk͡p̚˦˥ ŋiəŋ˧˧]
Noun
[edit]- (literally) brushes and inkstone
- (figurative) studies; literary endeavours
- theo đòi bút nghiên ― to ready oneself for one's studies