đa nghi

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 多疑.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaː˧˧ ŋi˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaː˧˧ ŋɪj˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaː˧˧ ŋɪj˧˧]

    Adjective

    đa nghi

    1. distrustful, by nature suspicious
      • 2016, chapter 5, in Nguyễn Đức Vịnh, transl., Đừng nói chuyện với cô ấy, part I, NXB Phụ Nữ, translation of 别和她说话 by Yù Jǐn (Ngộ Cẩn):
        Tào Tháo vốn đa nghi, vậy nhưng vẫn tin vào sự trá hàng cúa Hoàng Cái, […]
        Cáo Cāo was by nature suspicious, but still fell for it when Huáng Gài feigned surrender, […]

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