ngũ quan

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 五官, composed of (five) and (sense).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋu˦ˀ˥ kwaːn˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˧˨ kwaːŋ˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋʊw˨˩˦ waːŋ˧˧]

    Noun

    ngũ quan

    1. the five senses of sight (thị giác), hearing (thính giác), smell (khứu giác), taste (vị giác) and touch (xúc giác)[1][2]

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    References

    1. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995), “ngũ-quan”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 383
    2. ^ Dinh-hoa Nguyen (1995), “quan”, in NTC's Vietnamese–English Dictionary, →ISBN, page 432