ngũ quan

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 五官, composed of 五 (“five”) and 官 (“sense”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ kwaːn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ kwaːŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ waːŋ˧˧]

Noun

the five senses of sight (thị giác), hearing (thính giác), smell (khứu giác), taste (vị giác) and touch (xúc giác)[1][2]

Hyponyms

(senses) ngũ quan (五官); khứu giác (嗅覺, “smell”), thị giác (視覺, “vision”), thính giác (聽覺, “hearing”), xúc giác (觸覺, “touch”), vị giác (味覺, “taste”), ^{(Category: vi:Senses)}

See also

giác quan

References

Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995), “ngũ-quan”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 383
Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995), “quan”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 432

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