sảnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Possibly non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 廳 (“hall, office”, SV: thính).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sajŋ̟˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɛɲ˧˨] ~ [sɛɲ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂan˨˩˦] ~ [san˨˩˦]

Noun

sảnh

drawing room
(dated or obsolete) office building

References

“sảnh” in Hồ Ngọc Đức's Free Dictionary Project

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