ngôn

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See also: ngon and ngɔ́ŋ

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 言 (“speech”), from Chinese 婦言／妇言 (phụ ngôn, “wifely eloquence”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋon˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋoŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋoŋ˧˧]

Noun[edit]

ngôn

(Confucianism) eloquence, one of the tứ đức (“four virtues”) that women are supposed to have

Anagrams[edit]

nông

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