chảnh

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

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Particularly: “non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 正 (“straight, upright, correct, proper”, SV: chính)?”

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕajŋ̟˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛɲ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [can˨˩˦]

Adjective edit

chảnh

(colloquial) prim; cocky; hard to please
Synonym: kiêu