văn xuôi
Vietnamese
Etymology
văn (“language; writing”) + xuôi (“flowy”), perhaps from the notion that prose "flows" easier than poetry (which is more restrictive in terms of syllable counts and rhymes)
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [van˧˧ suəj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vaŋ˧˧ suj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vaŋ˧˧ suj˧˧] ~ [jaŋ˧˧ suj˧˧]
See also
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