vấn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vən˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vəŋ˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [vəŋ˦˥] ~ [jəŋ˦˥]

Etymology 1

Possibly a doublet of quấn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *wən(ʔ) (“coiled; to wind, bend”). Cognate with Khmer វៀន (viən, “to curl up”) and Mon ဝေန် (wèn, “to be crooked, deformed”).

Verb

vấn • (問, 𢴌, 𥾸)

to roll
- 1978, Chu Lai, Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân, page 48:
  Sáu Hóa không ăn, ngượng ngập quay đi vấn thuốc.
  Six Hoá did not eat; he awkwardly turned around and rolled a cigarette.
to tie up

Derived terms

vấn vít (“to be involved in”)
vấn vương (“to be preoccupied with, be in love with”)
vương vấn

Etymology 2

Romanization

vấn

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 問