bầu bạn

Vietnamese

Etymology

bầu +‎ bạn possibly from Sino-Vietnamese 陪伴.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəw˨˩ ʔɓaːn˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓəw˦˩ ʔɓaːŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓəw˨˩ ʔɓaːŋ˨˩˨]

Noun

bầu bạn

  1. friends (generally speaking)

Verb

bầu bạn

  1. (colloquial) to make friends