ý thức
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 意識.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔi˧˦ tʰɨk̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˨˩˦ tʰɨk̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɪj˦˥ tʰɨk̚˦˥]
Noun
[edit]- consciousness
- 13th century, Trần Nhân Tông, Cư Trần lạc đạo phú 居塵樂道賦 Đệ bát hội 第八會:
來 意 識 渚 執 澄 澄 - Free your mind, don't just keep insisting [on your idealism].
- awareness, especially of something bad you're doing, for example littering or outdoor urination
- có ý thức ― civil; well-mannered
- vô ý thức ― uncivil; ill-mannered
- xả rác bừa bãi, vô ý thức ― to uncivilly litter everywhere