hào kiệt

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 30 April 2016

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 豪傑.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haːw˨˩ kiət̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [haːw˦˩ kiək̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [haːw˨˩ kiək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

hào kiệt

(archaic) a man with outstanding abilities, a hero
anh hùng hào kiệt
an outstanding hero
- (Can we date this quote?), Ngô Tất Tố, transl., Bình Ngô đại cáo, translation of 平吳大誥 (1428) by Nguyễn Trãi:
  Từ Triệu, Đinh, Lí, Trần, bao đời xây nền độc lập, / Cùng Hán, Đường, Tống, Nguyên, mỗi bên hùng cứ một phương, / Tuy mạnh yếu có lúc khác nhau, / Song hào kiệt thời nào cũng có.
  Since Triệu, Đinh, Lý, Trần, we have been building our own state, / Along with Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, we defended our own empire. / We have had times of strength and of weakness, / But always have we had heroes.

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