vần

See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vən˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vəŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vəŋ˨˩] ~ [jəŋ˨˩]
• Homophones: vầng, dần, Dần

Etymology 1

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

Noun

vần • (韵, 韻)

1. (linguistics) rhyme

   Synonym: vận mẫu

2. (poetry) syllable

   vần bằng ― syllable with either the ngang or the huyền tone

   vần trắc ― syllable with any of the other tones

3. (colloquial, poetry) verse
4. (colloquial, alphabetical sorting) initial letter

Derived terms

• đánh vần
• gieo vần
• hiệp vần
• hợp vần

Adjective

vần

1. (of poetry, etc.) rhyming

Etymology 2

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

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

Verb

vần • (運)

1. to roll something in order to displace it

Derived terms

• xoay vần