vấn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly a doublet of quấn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *wən(ʔ) (“coiled; to wind, bend”). Cognate with Khmer វៀន (viən, “to curl up”) and Mon ဝေန် (wèn, “to be crooked, deformed”).

Verb

vấn • (紊, 縝, 𥾸, 問, 𢴌)

  1. to roll
    • 1978, Chu Lai, Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân, page 48:
      Sáu Hóa không ăn, ngượng ngập quay đi vấn thuốc.
      Six Hoá did not eat; he awkwardly turned around and rolled a cigarette.
  2. to tie up
Derived terms
  • vấn vít (“to be involved in”)
  • vấn vương (“to be preoccupied with, be in love with”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 問 (“ask”).

Verb

vấn

  1. (only in compounds) to ask
Derived terms

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