nghiệt chủng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 孽 and 種.

Apparently influenced by/modelled after nghiệp chủng (業種), another word found chiefly in religious or fictional contexts.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋiət̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋiək̚˨˩ʔ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋiək̚˨˩˨ cʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦]

Noun

nghiệt chủng

  1. (literary, chiefly Chinese fiction, derogatory) abomination; freak
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.