văn vẻ

Vietnamese

Etymology

văn (“writing”) +‎ vẻ (“appearance”). Alternatively, this is simply an -e reduplication of văn, with the association with vẻ coming about later.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [van˧˧ vɛ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vaŋ˧˧ vɛ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vaŋ˧˧ vɛ˨˩˦] ~ [jaŋ˧˧ jɛ˨˩˦]

Adjective

(writing, of a written piece) that sounds literary; that sounds like good, well-structured writing
Bài này được. Văn vẻ phết !
This ain't bad. Has some good prose.

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