văn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 文.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [van˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vaŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vaŋ˧˧] ~ [jaŋ˧˧]
- Homophones: văng, giăng
Noun
văn
- Clipping of văn học (“literature”).
- Hán văn ― classical Chinese literature; literary Chinese
- (education) Clipping of ngữ văn (“secondary Vietnamese”).
- writing
- (only in fixed expressions) language
- văn nói ― spoken language; speech
- văn viết ― written language; text
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