bất cốc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 不穀

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓət̚˧˦ kəwk͡p̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ kəwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓək̚˦˥ kəwk͡p̚˦˥]

Noun

bất cốc

1. (obsolete, Chinese fiction, humble, by an East Asian monarch) I/me
   • Late 4th century BCE, Zuozhuan; 1995 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kỳ Nam; 2016, English translation by Durrant, Li, & Schaberg

     Nếu công tử trở vế nước Tấn thì sẽ báo đáp bất cốc như thế nào?

     If you, the noble son, were to return to the domain of Jin, how would you repay me, the deficient one?

See also

• trẫm
• cô
• quả nhân