khuyến thiện

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 勸善.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xwiən˧˦ tʰiən˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰwiəŋ˦˧˥ tʰiəŋ˨˩ʔ] ~ [xwiəŋ˦˧˥ tʰiəŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰwiəŋ˦˥ tʰiəŋ˨˩˨] ~ [xwiəŋ˦˥ tʰiəŋ˨˩˨]

Verb

khuyến thiện

1. (literary) to encourage people to do good