Anh

See also: anh, Ánh, and ảnh

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔajŋ̟˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛɲ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔan˧˧]
• Homophone: anh

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 英. As for the country name, contracted from Chinese 英國／英国 (Anh quốc, “United Kingdom”), from Chinese 英 (Anh) (as in Mandarin 英吉利 (Yīngjílì, Anh Cát Lợi, “England”) or 英格蘭／英格兰 (Yīnggélán, Anh Cách Lan, “England”)) + 國／国 (quốc, “country”).

Proper noun

Anh

1. a unisex given name from Chinese
2. United Kingdom (a country in Europe)

   Anh quốc

   United Kingdom

3. Great Britain; Britain

   Vương quốc Liên hiệp Anh và Bắc Ai-len

   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

4. England

   đội tuyển bóng đá Anh

   England national football team

Adjective

Anh

1. British

   tiếng Anh Anh

   British English

2. English

   tiếng Anh Anh

   British English

Usage notes

• More often than not, the average Vietnamese person is not aware of the differences between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England, and they do not usually attempt to be, similarly to a Chinese person to 英國／英国 (Yīngguó) or a Japanese person to イギリス (Igirisu). But unlike in Chinese and Japanese, there seem to be no de facto distinguishing terms for those concepts in Vietnamese even in diplomatic contexts, although one may sometimes hear Anh Quốc be used for the United Kingdom.
• Due to this name awkwardly being homophonous with anh (“elder brother”), people who bear it may be preferably referred to also by their middle name, e.g. Tuấn Anh, Lan Anh.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Anh

1. (literary, endearing) Alternative letter-case form of anh; he/him, the young Ho Chi Minh

   Synonym: Người

Anagrams

• nha; han