vân vân và mây mây

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Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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An extension of vân vân (云云, “et cetera”), interpreting vân (, “to say”) as vân (, “cloud”) and matching it with the native equivalent mây (cloud).

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vən˧˧ vən˧˧ vaː˨˩ məj˧˧ məj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vəŋ˧˧ vəŋ˧˧ vaː˦˩ məj˧˧ məj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vəŋ˧˧ vəŋ˧˧ vaː˨˩ məj˧˧ məj˧˧] ~ [jəŋ˧˧ jəŋ˧˧ jaː˨˩ məj˧˧ məj˧˧]

Phrase

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vân vân mây mây

  1. and so on and so forth; et cetera