Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese:

子曰：「君子周而不比，小人比而不周。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE

Tử viết: “Quân tử chu nhi bất tị, tiểu nhân tị nhi bất chu”. [Sino-Vietnamese]

The Master said, "The superior man is catholic and not partisan. The mean man is partisan and not catholic."

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwɜn˧˧ tɨ̞̠˧˩ ṯɕu˧˧ ɲi˧˧ ˀɓɜʔt̚˧ˀ˦ ti˧ˀ˨ʔ tiɜw˧˩ ɲɜn˧˧ ti˧ˀ˨ʔ ɲi˧˧ ˀɓɜʔt̚˧ˀ˦ ṯɕu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwɜŋ˧˧ tɨ̞̠ɰ˧˩ ṯɕʊw˧˧ ɲɪj˧˧ ˀɓɜʔk̚˦˥ tɪj˨ˀ˨ʔ tiɜw˧˩ ɲɜŋ˧˧ tɪj˨ˀ˨ʔ ɲɪj˧˧ ˀɓɜʔk̚˦˥ ṯɕʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [wɜŋ˧˥ tɨ̞̠ɰ˨˦ c̻ʊw˧˥ ɲ̻ɪj˧˥ ˀɓɜʔk̚˦ˀ˥ tɪj˨ˀ˧ʔ tiɜw˨˦ ɲ̻ɜŋ˧˥ tɪj˨ˀ˧ʔ ɲ̻ɪj˧˥ ˀɓɜʔk̚˦ˀ˥ c̻ʊw˧˥]