phẳng

See also: phang, Phang, pháng, and phâng

Tai Do

Alternative forms

𞛔𞛯 (𞛔𞛯)
𞛔𞛼𞛯 (𞛔𞛼𞛯) (tone-marked)

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰwaŋᴮ. Cognate with Thai ฝั่ง (fàng), Lao ຝັ່ງ (fang), Lü ᦚᧂᧈ (ḟang¹), Shan ၽင်ႇ (phàng) or ၾင်ႇ (fàng), Tai Nüa ᥜᥒᥱ (fǎng).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faŋ³³/

Noun

phẳng

shore

Vietnamese

Etymology

Probably

non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 平 (“level; even”, SV: bình). Doublet of bằng and bình.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faŋ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [faŋ˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [faŋ˨˩˦]

Adjective

phẳng • (旁, 徬, 塝, 滂, 磅, 縍, 󱺃, 𢆕)

flat; level; even
núi ngầm chóp phẳng ― guyot (flat-tipped seamount)

Derived terms

bằng phẳng (“flat; smooth”)
đồng phẳng (“coplanar”)
mặt phẳng (“plane”)
phẳng lặng (“tranquil”)
phẳng lì (“even and smooth”)
phẳng phiu (“even; level”)
phẳng phiu
phẳng phớm
san phẳng (“to flatten; to level”)
sòng phẳng (𠼾𢆕, “fair”)