văn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 文.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [van˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vaŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vaŋ˧˧] ~ [jaŋ˧˧]
- Homophones: văng, giăng
Noun edit
văn
- Clipping of văn học (“literature”).
- Hán văn ― classical Chinese literature; literary Chinese
- (education) Clipping of ngữ văn (“secondary Vietnamese”).
- writing
- (only in fixed expressions) language
- văn nói ― spoken language; speech
- văn viết ― written language; text