vân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vən˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vəŋ˧˧] ~ [jəŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 紋 (SV: văn).

Noun

vân

(of marble or wood) grain, vein
vân tay ― a fingerprint
silk cloth with woven design (of clouds)

Romanization

vân

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 雲

See also

Derived terms

tinh vân

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