tù nhân lương tâm

Vietnamese

Etymology

tù nhân (“prisoner”) +‎ lương tâm (“conscience”). Likely a calque of English prisoner of conscience, because such a concept is not acknowledged by the Vietnamese government as existent in Vietnam. Compare Japanese 良心の囚人 (ryōshin no shūjin).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tu˨˩ ɲən˧˧ lɨəŋ˧˧ təm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʊw˦˩ ɲəŋ˧˧ lɨəŋ˧˧ təm˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʊw˨˩ ɲəŋ˧˧ lɨəŋ˧˧ təm˧˧]

Noun

(classifier người) tù nhân lương tâm

  1. a prisoner of conscience
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