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Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (South Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, likely obsolete) ngãi
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 義. An early Sino-Vietnamese reading (ESV); the more regular reading would be nghị. Compare also Quảng Ngãi.
Pronunciation
Noun
nghĩa • (義, 𱻊)
- (semantics) a meaning; a sense
- […] nghĩa là gì? ― What does mean?
- theo nghĩa xấu ― in the pejorative sense
Nếu từ này có nghĩa xấu, tôi sẽ không bao giờ dùng nó nữa.- If this word is pejorative, I will never use it again.
- (literary) morality, decency
- Con hổ có nghĩa ― The Moral Tiger (the folkloric tiger who upheld morality by gratefully returning favors to gracious human benefactors)
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