mở màn

Vietnamese

Etymology

mở +‎ màn.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [məː˧˩ maːn˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [məː˧˨ maːŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [məː˨˩˦ maːŋ˨˩]

Verb

mở màn

  1. to raise the curtain (to start a performance)
  2. (figurative, colloquial) to begin; to start