nguyền

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 願 (SV: nguyện).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋwiən˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋwiəŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋwiəŋ˨˩]

Verb[edit]

nguyền • (願, 𡅪)

(literary) to wish for; to long for
(literary) to swear; to vow; to promise on oath
(occult) to curse
bài hát bị nguyền ― a cursed song

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Derived terms

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