xẻng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鏟 (“shovel”, SV: sản).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɛŋ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sɛŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sɛŋ˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) xẻng • (鏟)

1. a shovel