mặn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "man"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-maɲʔ (“salted”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [man˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maŋ˨˩˨]

Adjective

mặn • (曼, 𪉾, 𠼦, 慢, 漫, 𪉽)

1. salted

   nước mặn ― salted water; seawater

2. (of food) salty (having too much salt)
3. (of food) having meat or fish; not vegetarian or vegan; roughly equivalent to English savory

   Antonyms: chay (“vegan”), ngọt (“sweet”)

4. (figurative, colloquial) passionate; ardent

Derived terms

• mặn đắng
• mặn mà
• mặn mòi
• mặt chát
• mặt lè
• nước mặn

 

See also

• muối

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