bệnh hoạn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 病患.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ hwaːn˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓen˨˩ʔ hwaːŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓəːn˨˩˨ waːŋ˨˩˨]

Adjective

bệnh hoạn

  1. (colloquial and literary) sick; ill
    Bệnh hoạn vầy rồi thì cứ nằm nghỉ đi.
    You should just rest when you are this sick.
    giúp người bệnh hoạn ― to help the sick
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) sick in the head; perverted; deranged
    Đồ bệnh hoạn!
    You sick fuck!
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