bốn

See also: bon, Bon, BON, bón, bôn, bön, Bön, and Appendix:Variations of "bon"

Vietnamese

**Vietnamese cardinal numbers**
< 3	4	5 >
Cardinal : bốn

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *poːnʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *punʔ ~ *puən() ~ *pan(); cognate with Muong pổn, Khmer បួន (buən), Bahnar puăn, Pacoh poan, Mang puːn², Mon ပန် (pɔn) and Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] fōan.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓon˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓoŋ˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓoŋ˦˥]

Numeral

bốn (奔, 本, 𦊚)

(cardinal) four

Usage notes

Unlike other cardinal numbers, the ordinal phrasal expression for bốn is generally not *thứ bốn, but thứ tư (“fourth”).