tử vi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 紫微, shortened from Chinese 紫微斗數／紫微斗数 (tử vi đẩu số).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɨ˧˩ vi˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨ˧˨ vɪj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨ˨˩˦ vɪj˧˧] ~ [tɨ˨˩˦ jɪj˧˧]

Noun

(occult) a horoscope according to Taoist fortune-telling

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