án mạng

Vietnamese

Etymology

án (案, “case”) + mạng (“life”), the latter a misreading of mệnh (命, “life”). Compare Chinese 命案.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːn˧˦ maːŋ˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːŋ˦˧˥ maːŋ˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaːŋ˦˥ maːŋ˨˩˨]

Noun

murder; homicide

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