tranh truyện

Vietnamese

Etymology

Anagram of truyện tranh, probably intended to sound Sino-Vietnamese and thus fancier, while in fact, only pseudo-Sino-Vietnamese.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕajŋ̟˧˧ t͡ɕwiən˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɛɲ˧˧ ʈwiəŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈan˧˧ ʈ⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩˨]

Noun

tranh truyện

1. Synonym of truyện tranh (“illustrated storybook; comic book; graphic novel”)