ngân

See also: ngan, ngàn, Ngân, and ngắn

Vietnamese

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋəŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋəŋ˧˧]
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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 銀 (“silver”). Compare Proto-Vietic *ŋən (“silver”), Proto-Pong *ŋin² and Vietnamese ngần (as in trắng ngần).

Noun

ngân

  1. (Sino-Vietnamese, only in compounds) silver
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Verb

ngân

  1. to vibrate; to resound
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