nguyên cớ

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 原故 (SV: nguyên cố).

Pronunciation

Noun

nguyên cớ

  1. reason, cause
    Synonyms: duyên cớ, nguyên nhân
    • 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 220:
      Anh sợ nhìn lại một kỉ niệm, sợ nhìn lại một nguyên cớ tình yêu, một nguyên cớ tan tành.
      He was afraid to look back to a memory, afraid to look back at a cause of his love and a cause of its undoing.