vẹn toàn

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Particularly: “cf. 萬全 / 万全 (vạn toàn, vạn tuyền) though. It's probably obsolete nowadays but used to be pretty common.”

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 完全 (SV: hoàn toàn).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɛn˧˨ʔ twaːn˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vɛŋ˨˩ʔ twaːŋ˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [vɛŋ˨˩˨ t⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˨˩] ~ [jɛŋ˨˩˨ t⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˨˩]

Adjective

vẹn toàn

complete; perfect; immaculate