tứ đức

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 四德.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɨ˧˦ ʔɗɨk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɗɨk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɨ˦˥ ʔɗɨk̚˦˥]

Noun

tứ đức

1. (Confucianism) the four qualities that women are supposed to have, namely công (“competence”), dung (“beauty”), ngôn (“eloquence”), hạnh (“virtue”)

See also

• tam tòng