nghèo nàn

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === nghèo +‎ nàn, the second syllable is non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 難 (SV: nan), also seen in phàn nàn. Aside from these two compounds, nàn seems to be obsolete. The Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838) lists further compounds gặp nàn and phải nàn, both obsolete. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋɛw˨˩ naːn˨˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋɛw˦˩ naːŋ˦˩] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋɛw˨˩ naːŋ˨˩] === Adjective === nghèo nàn poor; needy; poverty-stricken (generally speaking)