vẹn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 完 (“complete”; SV: hoàn).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɛn˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vɛŋ˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɛŋ˨˩˨] ~ [jɛŋ˨˩˨]

Verb

vẹn

(literary) to keep (one's promise); to be true to
to be complete; to be intact; to be whole

Derived terms

Derived terms

mười phân vẹn mười
nguyên vẹn
toàn vẹn
trọn vẹn
vẹn nguyên
vẹn toàn
vẹn tròn
vẹn tuyền
vẹn vẽ

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