bốn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bon"

Vietnamese
Vietnamese cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : bốn
    Ordinal : thứ tư

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *poːnʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *punʔ ~ *puən() ~ *pan(); cognate with Muong pổn, Khmer បួន (buən), Bahnar puăn, Pacoh poan, Mang puːn², Mon ပန် (pɔn) and Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] fōan.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓon˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓoŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓoŋ˦˥]
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Numeral

bốn • (本, 𦊚, 奔)

  1. four

Usage notes
  • Unlike other cardinal numbers, the ordinal phrasal expression for bốn is generally not *thứ bốn, but thứ tư (“fourth”).

See also
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