truyện

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See also: truyền

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (story), from Middle Chinese (MC drjwenH). Cognate with Mandarin (zhuàn) and Cantonese (zyun6). An alternative reading, Middle Chinese (trjwenH), yields the unattested *truyến which is listed in Thiều Chửu's dictionary. Doublet of chuyện, truyền, chuyền, and đồn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier cuốn, quyển) truyện

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of chuyện (story; tale)
    Truyện KiềuThe Tale of Kiều
  2. a storybook, usually a novel, a comic book or a graphic novel
    truyện tranh / tranh truyệnan illustrated storybook, a comic book or a graphic novel

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