sàn sàn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplication of sàn (“floor”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saːn˨˩ saːn˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˦˩ ʂaːŋ˦˩] ~ [saːŋ˦˩ saːŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂaːŋ˨˩ ʂaːŋ˨˩] ~ [saːŋ˨˩ saːŋ˨˩]

Verb

sàn sàn

1. (colloquial) to be approximately the same; to be about the same