liên quan

Vietnamese

Etymology

Pseudo-Sino-Vietnamese, anagram of Chinese 關聯／关联, 關連／关连 (quan liên), perhaps erroneously anagramized by analogy with liên hệ, liên tục, liên đới, etc. Compare Japanese 関連, 関聯 (kanren) and Korean 관련 (gwallyeon).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [liən˧˧ kwaːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [liəŋ˧˧ kwaːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [liəŋ˧˧ waːŋ˧˧]

Noun

liên quan

1. a relevant connection, association, relation or affinity

   có liên quan tới/đến/với

   to be associated with

   Liên quan gì tới mày ?

   What the hell does that have to do with you?

See also

• liên hệ
• quan hệ