văn vần

Vietnamese

Etymology

văn (“language; writing”) +‎ vần (“rhyme”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [van˧˧ vən˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vaŋ˧˧ vəŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vaŋ˧˧ vəŋ˨˩] ~ [jaŋ˧˧ jəŋ˨˩]

Noun

(poetry) poetry, but only in contrast with văn xuôi (“prose”)

See also

thơ (“poetry in general”)

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