toán

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [twaːn˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [twaːŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˦˥]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Maybe a rather recent loan from a form of 團?”)

Noun

toán

  1. (rather literary) bunch; gang (typically, of unfriendly people)
    toán cướp ― a band of robbers

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 算 (“to calculate”).

Noun

toán

  1. (education) mathematics; math(s)
    làm toán ― to do math homework
Derived terms
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