ghen

See also: ghèn

Venetian

Etymology

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Adverb

ghen

  1. then

Vietnamese

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kiən (to gnaw). Alternatively, a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (“to envy; SV: tiện).

Pronunciation

Verb

ghen (, )

  1. to be jealous of; to envy
    • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Mối tình năm cũ" (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
      Nó không cho con Thấm đi chắc tại ghen chớ gì. Thằng Thọ chết ngắc rồi mà còn ghen.
      He won't let Thấm go because he's certainly jealous or what. That Thọ is good and well dead but still he's jealous.

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