nhục
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Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 辱.
Adjective
[edit]nhục
- humiliated; dishonored
- Chết vinh còn hơn sống nhục.
- It's better to die an honored death than to live a dishonored life.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Within Vietic, certain languages possess a loan from the same source, cf. Pong kɲuk⁷ and similar forms in several Muong lects with tone B1/D1 (Muong Bi nhúc). The corresponding Vietnamese form would be the unattested *nhúc, which was apparently lost after the Common-Viet-Muong stage during the development of Vietnamese and did not replace the native Vietic word thịt.
Romanization
[edit]nhục
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 肉 (“meat”)