buôn

See also: buon, buồn, and buon'

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓuən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧]
  • Homophone: buông (Southern Vietnam)

Etymology 1

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 販 (“to deal in; to trade in”, SV: phiến).

    Verb

    buôn • (奔, 𧶭, 𫬩)

    1. to deal in; to trade in
    2. (slang, as in buôn chuyện) to gossip
      Synonym: (Southern Vietnam) tám
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Rade ƀuôn (“village”).

    Noun

    buôn

    1. village of a minor ethnic group, especially one of the Rade people or other peoples of Tây Nguyên
    Derived terms

    See also

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