tam tòng

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Vietnamese

 Tam tòng, tứ đức on Vietnamese Wikipedia

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 三從

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [taːm˧˧ tawŋ͡m˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [taːm˧˧ tawŋ͡m˦˩] ~ [taːm˧˧ tɔŋ˦˩] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [taːm˧˧ tawŋ͡m˨˩]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Noun

tam tòng

  1. (Confucianism) the three ways in which women are supposed to obey a male in their life
    Tại gia tòng phụ. Xuất giá tòng phu. Phu tử tòng tử.
    At home, obey your father. Married, obey your husband. Widowed, obey your son.

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