xuân

See also: xuan, Xuan, xuán, xuàn, Xuân, xuān, and xuǎn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 春.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [swən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [swəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [s⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˧˧]
  • Homophone: Xuân
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Noun

xuân

  1. spring (season)
  2. (literary) synonym of tuổi (“years of young age”)
    70 xuân ― 70 "years young"

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See also

Seasons in Vietnamese · bốn mùa (“four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
xuân (“spring”) hè, hạ (“summer”) thu (“fall; autumn”) đông (“winter”)

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