tự cung tự cấp

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 自供自給.

The term shared with Chinese, Korean, and Japanese, 自給自足自给自足 (tự cấp tự túc), is attested but obsolete in Vietnamese in everyday life. It seems to persist mainly in Marxist literature.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˨ʔ kʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˧˨ʔ kəp̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩ʔ kʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˨˩ʔ kəp̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˨ kʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tɨ˨˩˨ kəp̚˦˥]

Verb

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tự cung tự cấp

  1. to be self-sufficient