Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 奸邪.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gian

  1. (literary) treacherous and sinister person
    • 2005, chapter 2, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
      [] Khưu mỗ thà mất mạng chứ há lại cam tâm quị lụy bọn gian tà?
      [] I, Qiū, would rather die; why would I consent to grovelling before evildoers?