xã tắc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 社稷, composed of 社 (“god of earth”) and 稷 (“god of millet”). See also xã hội.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saː˦ˀ˥ tak̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [saː˧˨ tak̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [saː˨˩˦ tak̚˦˥]

Noun

(dated) a country; a nation
- (Can we date this quote?), Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Thảo thử hịch 討鼠檄:
  Nền xã tắc là nơi báo bổ, can chi mi đào lỗ, đào hang; Chốn miếu đường là chỗ thanh tán, cớ chi ngươi cắn màn, cắn sáo.
  Our country['s grace] is what we should repay, why would you burrow within it? The ancestor temple is pure and sacred, why would you gnaw on the curtain and the bamboo screen?

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