nguyền

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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nguyền (, 𡅪)

  1. (literary) to wish for; to long for
  2. (literary) to swear; to vow; to promise on oath
  3. (occult) to curse
    bài hát bị nguyềna cursed song

See also

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Derived terms