buôn

See also: buon, buồn, and buon'

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɓuən˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɓuəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɓuəŋ˧˧]
Homophone: buông

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 販 (“to deal in; to trade in”; SV: phiến).

Verb

buôn (奔, 𧶭)

to deal in; to trade in
(slang, as in buôn chuyện) to gossip

Derived terms

buôn bán
nhà buôn; lái buôn (“dealer”)

Etymology 2

From Rade ƀuôn (“village”)

Noun

buôn

village of a minor ethnic group, especially one of the Rade people or other peoples of Tây Nguyên

Derived terms

Buôn Đôn
Buôn Ma Thuột

See also

bản

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