nghề

See also: nghe, nghé, nghê, and nghệ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 藝 (SV: nghệ).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋe˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋej˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋej˨˩]

Noun

nghề

1. trade; profession

   Một nghề cho chín còn hơn chín nghề.

   It's better to know one job deeply than knowing several jobs shallowly.

   (literally, “One job to chín (“to ripen”), better than chín (“nine”) jobs.”)

See also

Derived terms

• lành nghề
• nghề nghiệp