vạn

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from . Doublet of muôn and man.

Numeral

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vạn (𥝄,𥝅,,𠂍)

  1. (literary or history, only in compounds) ten thousand; myriad
    một vạn (~ mười ngàn/nghìn)ten thousand
    mười vạn (~ một trăm ngàn/nghìn)one hundred thousand
    Hoàng thượng vạn tuế! Vạn tuế! Vạn vạn tuế!
    Long live the emperor!
    một vạn quânan army of about 10,000 men
    Hai vạn dặm dưới đáy biểnTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Etymology 2

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Vạn Thuỷ Tú (水秀澫)
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “From the etymology below? Anyway, the two vạn I can find information about are vạn Thuỷ Tú in Phan Thiết and vạn An Thạnh in Phú Quý, so it's probably specifically from Bình Thuận?”

Noun

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(classifier ngôi) vạn ()

  1. (Bình Thuận) temple for whale worship

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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vạn ()

  1. (probably obsolete in isolation) guild (association of tradespeople)
    Synonyms: phường, hội
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