buôn
See also: buon, buồn, and buon'
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓuən˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓuəŋ˧˧]
- 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