toán

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [twaːn˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [twaːŋ˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˦˥]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Maybe a rather recent loan from a form of 團?”)

Noun

toán

(rather literary) bunch; gang (typically, of unfriendly people)
toán cướp ― a band of robbers

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 算 (“to calculate”).

Noun

toán

(education) mathematics; math(s)
làm toán ― to do math homework

Derived terms