bản ngã

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 本我, misreading of bổn ngã.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːn˧˩ ŋaː˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˧˨ ŋaː˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩˦ ŋaː˨˩˦]

Noun

(formal, literary) self, one's nature

Related terms

phi ngã

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