vần

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vần (, )

  1. (linguistics) a rhyme
  2. (poetry) a syllable
    vần bằnga syllable with either the ngang or the huyền tone
    vần trắca syllable with any of the other tones
  3. (colloquial, poetry) a verse
  4. (colloquial, alphabetical sorting) an initial letter

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Derived terms

Adjective[edit]

vần

  1. (of poetry, etc.) rhyming