ngôn

See also: ngon and ngɔ́ŋ

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

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

ngôn

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

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