sàn sàn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplication of sàn (“floor”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saːn˨˩ saːn˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˦˩ ʂaːŋ˦˩] ~ [saːŋ˦˩ saːŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˨˩ ʂaːŋ˨˩] ~ [saːŋ˨˩ saːŋ˨˩]

Verb

(colloquial) to be approximately the same; to be about the same

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