Hoa văn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 華文 (“written Chinese”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hwaː˧˧ van˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hwaː˧˧ vaŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [waː˧˧ vaŋ˧˧] ~ [waː˧˧ jaŋ˧˧]

Noun

Hoa văn

1. (education) Mandarin, especially Mandarin taught at a private Mandarin-language school

   Hoa văn thương mại ― commercial Mandarin

See also

• tiếng Hoa (“Mandarin spoken by the Hoa”)
• tiếng Quan Thoại (“Mandarin”)
• tiếng Trung Quốc (“Standard Chinese”)
• Hán ngữ (“Chinese languages; Standard Chinese”)
• Anh văn (“educational English”)