thiên mệnh

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(Southern Vietnam, obsolete) thiên mạng

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 天命.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiən˧˧ məjŋ̟˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ men˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ məːn˨˩˨]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)

Noun

thiên mệnh

heaven's will

References

"thiên mệnh" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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