Talk:thuần chay

RFD discussion: June–November 2023
Vietnamese. Nominated by with reason: “SOP. The idomatic expression is. One of the examples is non-native, veganism is just "ăn chay (trường)" in Vietnamese.” I’m not convinced, though.

According to what I can find on the many sites discussing vegetarianism in Vietnamese, is the umbrella term for all types of vegetarianism. (I added a quote with link to already.) Given the almost complete non-existence of non-vegan but still vegetarian food in Vietnam, this means that  usually means vegan, but it doesn’t have to. Different types of vegetarianism (such as veganism) are expressed with modifiers, such as / for veganism.

Furthermore, all specialized sites that I find affirm that means habitual vegetarian/vegan (in opposition to the way many Vietnamese eat vegan on certain days of the month only). It seems many people in Vietnam (including vegan restaurant owners) believe the word means vegan, but I’m not sure how orthodox that is.

As for being SoP: I don’t think the jump from “pure vegetarian” to “vegan” is that immediate (even though it’s certainly a logical one).

&mdash; MuDavid 栘𩿠 (talk) 01:46, 7 June 2023 (UTC)


 * , any comments? MuDavid 栘𩿠 (talk) 03:11, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

RfD kept in the absence of objections. MuDavid 栘𩿠 (talk) 02:03, 15 November 2023 (UTC)