tu hành

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 修行.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tu˧˧ hajŋ̟˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʊw˧˧ hɛɲ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʊw˧˧ han˨˩]

Verb

(Buddhism) to undergo ascetic training
Manuscripts from 15th century and later, Urtext probably from 12th century, Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經):
迈(mày)虽(tuy)𪜀(là)弟(đệ)子(tử)哿(cả)蚤(tao)多(đi)修(tu)行(hành)虽(tuy)浪(rằng)它(đã)娄(lâu)㝵(ngày)咍(hay)事(sự)某(mỗ)渚(chửa)曠(rộng)
Although you are my eldest student, who has trained for a long time, your knowledge is not yet wide.

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