bản ngã

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 本我.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːn˧˩ ŋaː˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˧˨ ŋaː˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩˦ ŋaː˨˩˦]

Noun

bản ngã

1. (formal, literary) self, one's nature

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