quân tử bất khí

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 君子不器. From a saying of Confucius in the Analects.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwən˧˧ tɨ˧˩ ʔɓət̚˧˦ xi˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ kʰɪj˨˩˦] ~ [kwəŋ˧˧ tɨ˧˨ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ xɪj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [wəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɓək̚˦˥ kʰɪj˦˥] ~ [wəŋ˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦ ʔɓək̚˦˥ xɪj˦˥]

Idiom

quân tử bất khí

1. a gentleman is no specialist