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]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ məːn˨˩˨]

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Noun

thiên mệnh

1. heaven's will

References

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