tội nghiệp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 罪業 (“Buddhist sin”), from Chinese 罪 (zuì, “sin; crime”) + 業／业 (yè, “karma”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [toj˧˨ʔ ŋiəp̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [toj˨˩ʔ ŋiəp̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [toj˨˩˨ ŋip̚˨˩˨]

Noun

tội nghiệp

(Buddhism) sin

Adjective

tội nghiệp

poor; pathetic; pitiful
Synonym: tội

Tội nghiệp mày quá! ― Oh you poor thing!

Verb

tội nghiệp

to pity; to feel sorry for
- 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Huệ lấy chồng" (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
  - Tao tội nghiệp ông Thi quá, mà tao cũng tội nghiệp mầy nữa.
  "I pity Mr Thi so much, but I also pity you as well."

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