động

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 洞 (“cave”).

(classifier cái) động

1. cave, cavern

   Synonym: hang

• There seems to be little consistency on which between hang or động would be used in cave names (for examples, hang Sơn Đoòng, but động Phong Nha). In some cases, both can be seen used. In translation of foreign cave names, hang seems to be universally used and not động.

Sino-Vietnamese word from 動 (“to move”).

động

1. to (slightly) touch

   Synonym: đụng

động

1. (of the sea) rough; turbulent

   biển động ― rough sea

động

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 動