nguỵ

• ngụy

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋwi˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋwɪj˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋwɪj˨˩˨]
• Homophone: Nguỵ

Sino-Vietnamese word from 僞 (“fake”).

nguỵ

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 僞

Clipping of nguỵ quyền (“puppet government”, literally “fake regime”) and nguỵ binh ~ nguỵ quân (“puppet army”); as the Republic of Vietnam was considered and denounced as "fake", illegal, illegitimate, and a puppet of the US imperialists by Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam.

nguỵ

1. (historical, derogatory) pertaining to the Republic of Vietnam's government, its agencies, and institutions, such as its army
   • 1975, Saigon Liberation Radio, Surrender broadcast of South Vietnam‎^[1]:

     Sau khi tuyên bố đầu hàng không điều kiện, Dương Văn Minh, tổng thống ngụy quyền, Nguyễn Văn Huyền, phó tổng thống, Vũ Văn Mẫu, thủ tướng cùng hàng chục nhân vật cao cấp khác trong bộ máy ngụy quyền đã được đưa đến nhà khách dinh tổng thống ngụy trước đây.

     After declaring unconditional surrender, Duong Van Minh, the puppet government's president; Nguyễn Văn Huyền, vice president; Vu Van Mau, the prime minister, and dozens of other high-ranking figures in the puppet government were taken to the former puppet presidential palace guest house.

nguỵ

1. (historical, derogatory) Vietnamese working in the Republic of Vietnam's government, its agencies, and institutions, such as its army