Hoa văn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 華文 (“written Chinese”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hwaː˧˧ van˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hwaː˧˧ vaŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [waː˧˧ vaŋ˧˧] ~ [waː˧˧ jaŋ˧˧]

Noun

(education) Mandarin, especially Mandarin taught at a private Mandarin-language school
Hoa văn thương mại ― commercial Mandarin

See also

tiếng Hoa (“Mandarin spoken by the Hoa”)
tiếng Quan Thoại (“Mandarin”)
tiếng Trung Quốc (“Standard Chinese”)
Hán ngữ (“Chinese languages; Standard Chinese”)
Anh văn (“educational English”)

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