hành

== Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hajŋ̟˨˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [hɛɲ˦˩] (Saigon) IPA(key): [han˨˩] === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== (classifier cây, củ) hành • (行, 荇) green onion Synonyms: hành lá, hành ta shallot Synonyms: hành củ, hành ta, hành tía, hành tím, hẹ tây short for hành tây (“onion”, literally “western onion”) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of hành hạ. The noun sense is most likely coined from the homophony of the unrelated noun above, leading to further coinage of phrases like bán hành (“to be bashed”, literally “to sell scallion”), bón hành (“to be bashed”, literally “to spoon-feed scallion”), ăn hành (“to be bashed”, literally “to eat scallion”). ==== Verb ==== hành synonym of hành hạ ==== Noun ==== hành (slang) to be bashed or get hit ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Sino-Vietnamese word from 行 (“to go; to work”). ==== Noun ==== hành to work; to practice (Buddhism) saṅkhāra (deeds, action, formation) === Derived terms === === Usage notes === Usually a bound morpheme or used in set phrases, but it can be somewhat free when used as a rhetorical device to mean "to learn and practice", taken from the meaning of the Han characters forming the compound word học hành (“to learn; to study”).