ngu dân in Vietnamese

IPA: [ŋu˧˧ zən˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ŋʊw˧˧ jəŋ˧˧] [Huế], [ŋʊw˧˧ jəŋ˧˧] (note: Saigon) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 愚民, composed of 愚 and 民. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|愚民}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|愚||民}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 愚民, composed of 愚 and 民 Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=}} ngu dân, {{vi-verb}} ngu dân

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "愚民"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "Sino-Vietnamese words"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "愚",
        "2": "",
        "3": "民"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Vietnamese word from 愚民, composed of 愚 and 民",
      "name": "vi-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Vietnamese word from 愚民, composed of 愚 and 民.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ngu dân",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ngu dân",
      "name": "vi-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Vietnamese words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep the people ignorant; to stultify the masses; to engage in obscurantism"
      ],
      "id": "en-ngu_dân-vi-verb-1pvmcbMi",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "ignorant",
          "ignorant"
        ],
        [
          "stultify",
          "stultify"
        ],
        [
          "engage",
          "engage"
        ],
        [
          "obscurantism",
          "obscurantism"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋu˧˧ zən˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋʊw˧˧ jəŋ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋʊw˧˧ jəŋ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngu dân"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "愚民"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "Sino-Vietnamese words"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "愚",
        "2": "",
        "3": "民"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Vietnamese word from 愚民, composed of 愚 and 民",
      "name": "vi-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Vietnamese word from 愚民, composed of 愚 and 民.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ngu dân",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ngu dân",
      "name": "vi-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sino-Vietnamese words",
        "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Vietnamese lemmas",
        "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Vietnamese verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep the people ignorant; to stultify the masses; to engage in obscurantism"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "ignorant",
          "ignorant"
        ],
        [
          "stultify",
          "stultify"
        ],
        [
          "engage",
          "engage"
        ],
        [
          "obscurantism",
          "obscurantism"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋu˧˧ zən˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋʊw˧˧ jəŋ˧˧]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋʊw˧˧ jəŋ˧˧]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngu dân"
}

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"ngu dân" meaning in Vietnamese

Verb