lữ quán
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 旅館.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lɨ˦ˀ˥ kwaːn˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [lɨ˧˨ kwaːŋ˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [lɨ˨˩˦ waːŋ˦˥]
Noun
edit- (historical) a lodge, an inn
Usage notes
edit- Although the term itself is never used for any kind of lodging in modern Vietnam and therefore chiefly occurs in historical fiction, it can also be used as a stand-in for Sino-Xenic cognates such as Japanese 旅館 (ryokan) in translation.