phận

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from (social status; destiny), , from Middle Chinese (bjunH), (bjunH). Doublet of phần and phân. Cognate with Mandarin (fèn) and Cantonese (fan6).

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Noun[edit]

(classifier cái) phận

  1. (literary) a role (the expected behavior of an individual in a society)
    phận đàn bàthe status of women in society
    phận làm conthe duty of a child

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