bệnh hoạn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 病患.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ hwaːn˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓen˨˩ʔ hwaːŋ˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəːn˨˩˨ waːŋ˨˩˨]

Adjective

bệnh hoạn

(colloquial and literary) sick; ill
Bệnh hoạn vầy rồi thì cứ nằm nghỉ đi.
You should just rest when you are this sick.

giúp người bệnh hoạn ― to help the sick
(colloquial, derogatory) sick in the head; perverted; deranged
Đồ bệnh hoạn!
You sick fuck!

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