thuyền
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) thoàn
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 船 (“watercraft”).
The Southern form thoàn was once in common use, now completely displaced by thuyền. See also the case of Northern toàn, although in this case the distribution is reversed.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
(classifier con, cái, chiếc) thuyền
See also edit
- tàu (“ship”)
Derived terms