Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (rhyme, SV: vận).

Noun

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vần (, )

  1. (linguistics) rhyme
    Synonym: vận mẫu
  2. (poetry) syllable
    vần bằngsyllable with either the ngang or the huyền tone
    vần trắcsyllable with any of the other tones
  3. (colloquial, poetry) verse
  4. (colloquial, alphabetical sorting) initial letter
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Adjective

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vần

  1. (of poetry, etc.) rhyming

Etymology 2

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Sidwell (2024) proposes Proto-Austroasiatic *wəɲ (to twist) as the root.

Alternatively, it could also be a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (to revolve, SV: vận).

Verb

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vần ()

  1. to roll something in order to displace it
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