Tây du kí

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• Tây du ký

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 西遊記, composed of 西 (“west”), 遊 (“to travel”) and 記 (“record”), from Chinese 西遊記 / 西游记 (Xīyóujì).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [təj˧˧ zu˧˧ ki˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [təj˧˧ jʊw˧˧ kɪj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [təj˧˧ jʊw˧˧ kɪj˦˥]

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Proper noun

Tây du kí

1. (literature) Journey to the West, one of China's Four Great Classical Novels

Noun

Tây du kí

1. a game in which two players take turn clapping and high fiving while shouting the syllables in the phrase Tây du kí

See also

• Tôn Ngộ Không
• đinh ba