sàn sàn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplication of sàn (“floor”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [saːn˨˩ saːn˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂaːŋ˦˩ ʂaːŋ˦˩] ~ [saːŋ˦˩ saːŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂaːŋ˨˩ ʂaːŋ˨˩] ~ [saːŋ˨˩ saːŋ˨˩]

Verb

sàn sàn

  1. (colloquial) to be approximately the same; to be about the same
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