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Vietnamese
Etymology
nhân (因) + chưng.
The word is technically not attested in the Latin script when it was still in use, however, as both of its elements are attested, the reading *nhân chưng is commonly seen in romanization of Nôm poems.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
nhân chưng • (因蒸)
- (obsolete) why; because
15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “猫 Miêu”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):庫免𢀨庄女負
因蒸恨𤝞沛挼眉- Khó miễn sang chăng nỡ phụ,
Nhân chưng giận chuột phải nuôi mày. - Poor or rich, be ungrateful, we dare not,
So why, would you be resentful to the mice that raised you?