nghi vấn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 疑問.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋi˧˧ vən˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋɪj˧˧ vəŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋɪj˧˧ vəŋ˦˥] ~ [ŋɪj˧˧ jəŋ˦˥]

Adjective

nghi vấn

  1. doubtful; questionable
  2. (grammar) interrogative
    đại từ nghi vấninterrogative pronoun

Noun

nghi vấn

  1. (rather literary) doubt