sông Hàn

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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sông (river) +‎ Cửa Hàn (one of the old names of Đà Nẵng). In the past, Hàn was written in chữ Hán as (SV: hãn).

The eggcorn sense comes from confusion between Hán (, the character used for China/Han or the Han River in Korea) and Hàn (, the character used for the nation of (South) Korea).

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [səwŋ͡m˧˧ haːn˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂəwŋ͡m˧˧ haːŋ˦˩] ~ [səwŋ͡m˧˧ haːŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂəwŋ͡m˧˧ haːŋ˨˩] ~ [səwŋ͡m˧˧ haːŋ˨˩]

Proper noun

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sông Hàn

  1. the Hàn River (a river in Danang, Vietnam)
  2. (informal) Eggcorn of sông Hán (the Korean Han River)