hàm oan
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 含冤 (“to suffer injustice”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haːm˨˩ ʔwaːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [haːm˦˩ ʔwaːŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [haːm˨˩ (ʔ)waːŋ˧˧]
Verb
[edit]- (literary) to be falsely accused; suffer injustice; to be wronged
- Những người bị hàm oan. ― Many people were falsely accused.
Noun
[edit]- (literary) a false accusation; injustice; wrong