văn

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Vietnamese

 văn on Vietnamese Wikipedia

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 文.

Pronunciation

Noun

văn

  1. Clipping of văn học (“literature”).
    Hán văn ― classical Chinese literature; literary Chinese
  2. (education) Clipping of ngữ văn (“secondary Vietnamese”).
  3. writing
    giỏi văn ― good at writing
    văn hay chữ đẹp ― eloquent expression, beautiful handwriting
    văn vẻ ― eloquent
    đạo văn ― to plagiarize written works
  4. (only in fixed expressions) language
    văn nói ― spoken language; speech
    văn viết ― written language; text

See also

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