phàn nàn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 繁難 (SV: phồn nan), likely through a Tai language, compare Tày phàn nàn (“to complain”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faːn˨˩ naːn˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [faːŋ˦˩ naːŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [faːŋ˨˩ naːŋ˨˩]

Verb

phàn nàn

to complain

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