phàn nàn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 繁難 (SV: phồn nan), likely through a Tai language, compare Tày phàn nàn (“to complain”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faːn˨˩ naːn˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [faːŋ˦˩ naːŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [faːŋ˨˩ naːŋ˨˩]

Verb

phàn nàn

1. to complain