ngũ quan

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 五官, composed of (five) and (sense).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ kwaːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ kwaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ waːŋ˧˧]

Noun

ngũ quan

  1. the five senses of sight (thị giác), hearing (thính giác), smell (khứu giác), taste (vị giác) and touch (xúc giác)[1][2]

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See also

References

  1. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995) “ngũ-quan”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 383
  2. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995) “quan”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 432