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

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