tự vẫn

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 自刎. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨ˧˨ʔ vən˦ˀ˥] (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩ʔ vəŋ˧˨] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨ˨˩˨ vəŋ˨˩˦] ~ [tɨ˨˩˨ jəŋ˨˩˦] === Verb === tự vẫn (original meaning) to commit suicide by cutting one's throat (literary, modern usage, may be prescribed as incorrect) to commit suicide; to take one's own life Synonyms: tự tử, tự sát nhảy lầu tự vẫn ― to commit suicide by jumping off a building treo cổ tự vẫn ― to commit suicide by hanging