truyện
See also: truyền
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 傳 (“story”), from Middle Chinese 傳 (MC drjwenH). Cognate with Mandarin 傳/传 (zhuàn) and Cantonese 傳/传 (zyun6). An alternative reading, Middle Chinese 傳 (trjwenH), yields the unattested *truyến which is listed in Thiều Chửu's dictionary. Doublet of chuyện, truyền, chuyền, and đồn.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwiən˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈwiəŋ˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈ⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩˨]
Noun edit
(classifier cuốn, quyển) truyện
- (obsolete) Synonym of chuyện (“story; tale”)
- Truyện Kiều ― The Tale of Kiều
- a storybook, usually a novel, a comic book or a graphic novel
- truyện tranh / tranh truyện ― an illustrated storybook, a comic book or a graphic novel
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