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˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) 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