tu hành

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 修行.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tu˧˧ hajŋ̟˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʊw˧˧ hɛɲ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʊw˧˧ han˨˩]

Verb

tu hành

  1. (Buddhism) to undergo ascetic training
    • Copy from 18th century, Urtext probably from 12th or 15th century, Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經):
      (mày)(tuy)𪜀()(đệ)(tử)(cả)(tao)(đi)(tu)(hành)(tuy)(rằng)(đã)(lâu)(ngày)(hay)(sự)(mỗ)(chửa)(rộng)
      Although you are my eldest student, who has trained for a long time, your knowledge is not yet wide.