anh

See also: Anh, Ánh, and ảnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔɛːŋ.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔajŋ̟˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛɲ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔan˧˧]
Homophone: Anh

Noun

anh (英)

elder brother

Derived terms

anh trai

Pronoun

anh (英)

I; me (refers to the speaker himself when speaking to a person who is presumably of slightly lower social status (e.g., a younger))
you (addresses a man of roughly the same age as the speaker (if his age is unknown) or slightly older)
(literary) he; him (refers to a young adult man)

Derived terms

ảnh

Further reading

"anh" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

Anagrams

nha

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