hàm oan

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 含冤 (“to suffer injustice”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haːm˨˩ ʔwaːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [haːm˦˩ ʔwaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [haːm˨˩ (ʔ)waːŋ˧˧]

Verb

hàm oan

  1. (literary) to be falsely accused; suffer injustice; to be wronged
    Những người bị hàm oan. ― Many people were falsely accused.

Noun

hàm oan

  1. (literary) a false accusation; injustice; wrong
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