nguyên cớ

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 原故 (SV: nguyên cố).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋwiən˧˧ kəː˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧ kəː˨˩˦]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋwiəŋ˧˧ kəː˦˥]

    Noun

    nguyên cớ

    1. reason, cause
      Synonyms: duyên cớ, nguyên nhân
      • 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 220:
        Anh sợ nhìn lại một kỉ niệm, sợ nhìn lại một nguyên cớ tình yêu, một nguyên cớ tan tành.
        He was afraid to look back to a memory, afraid to look back at a cause of his love and a cause of its undoing.
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