ngôn
See also: ngon and ngɔ́ŋ
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 言 (“speech”), from Chinese 婦言 (phụ ngôn, “wifely eloquence”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋon˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋoŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋoŋ˧˧]
Noun
ngôn
- (Confucianism) eloquence, one of the tứ đức (“four virtues”) that women are supposed to have
Anagrams
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