ngũ hành

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 五行, composed of 五 (“five”) and 行 (“constant change”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ hajŋ̟˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ hɛɲ˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ han˨˩]

Noun

(philosophy) Five Phases

References

^ “行”, in Từ điển Hán Nôm [Sino-Vietnamese Dictionary], section Từ điển Thiều Chửu [reprinted from Thieu Chuu, 1942, →OCLC], line 11

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