văn vần

Vietnamese

Etymology

văn (“language; writing”) +‎ vần (“rhyme”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [van˧˧ vən˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vaŋ˧˧ vəŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vaŋ˧˧ vəŋ˨˩] ~ [jaŋ˧˧ jəŋ˨˩]

Noun

văn vần

1. (poetry) poetry, but only in contrast with văn xuôi (“prose”)

See also

• thơ (“poetry in general”)