người
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *ŋaːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(m)ŋaaj (“human being; person”); cognate with Muong ngài, Bahnar bơngai (“people, human being”) and Pacoh ngai (“they; them; their; others”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋɨəj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋɨj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋɨj˨˩]
- Homophone: Người
Noun
(classifier con) người (倘, 𠊚, 𠊛)
- a human; a man
- a person; an individual
- a people
- a type of person
- a body
- Thấy trong người sao?
- Is your body OK inside?
- Con mèo này sao người nó còm nhom vậy?
- (As for) this cat, why is it so skinny?
Usage notes
- The sense of "body" could also be applied to non-human animals, and usually used with topic-comment structure.
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