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