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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 千 (“thousand”), 變 (“change”), 萬 (“myriad”) and 化 (“change”), from Chinese 千變萬化／千变万化 (qiānbiànwànhuà). See also biến hoá.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiən˧˧ ʔɓiən˧˦ vaːn˧˨ʔ hwaː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ ʔɓiəŋ˦˧˥ vaːŋ˨˩ʔ hwaː˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧ ʔɓiəŋ˦˥ vaːŋ˨˩˨ waː˦˥] ~ [tʰiəŋ˧˧ ʔɓiəŋ˦˥ jaːŋ˨˩˨ waː˦˥]

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Adjective

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1. (literary) everchanging