muôn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 萬 (“ten thousand”, SV: vạn). Doublet of vạn, vàn, and man.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [muən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [muəŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [muəŋ˧˧]
  • Homophone: muông
  • (file)

Numeral

muôn • (𨷈)

  1. (archaic) ten thousand; myriad

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Derived terms

Determiner

muôn • (𨷈)

  1. (literary) all
    muôn dân ― the people
    muôn người như một ― all people unite
    muôn đời ― forever
  2. (literary) many
    Muôn năm!
    Banzai!

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Derived terms
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