bể khổ
Vietnamese
Etymology
Calque of
Chinese
苦海
(
khổ hải
)
.
Pronunciation
(
Hà Nội
)
IPA
(key)
:
[ʔɓe˧˩ xo˧˩]
(
Huế
)
IPA
(key)
:
[ʔɓej˧˨ kʰow˧˨]
(
Saigon
)
IPA
(key)
:
[ʔɓej˨˩˦ kʰow˨˩˦]
Noun
bể
khổ
(
originally
Buddhism
)
sea
of
suffering
;
ocean
of
misery