nhân gian

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (Southern Vietnam) nhơn gian

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 人間, composed of (human) and (realm; domain).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɲən˧˧ zaːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɲəŋ˧˧ jaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɲəŋ˧˧ jaːŋ˧˧]

Noun

nhân gian

  1. (literary) the human world; humanity; mankind

See also