sàn sàn
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Reduplication of sàn (“floor”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saːn˨˩ saːn˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂaːŋ˦˩ ʂaːŋ˦˩] ~ [saːŋ˦˩ saːŋ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂaːŋ˨˩ ʂaːŋ˨˩] ~ [saːŋ˨˩ saːŋ˨˩]
Verb edit
- (colloquial) to be approximately the same; to be about the same