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lan man

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Compound of lan (“to spread”) +‎ man, while the latter component is

non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 萬 (“extremely”, SV: vạn).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːn˧˧ maːn˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˧˧ maːŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˧˧ maːŋ˧˧]

Adjective

(of a piece of writing) lengthy and unfocused
cách hành văn lan man ― not writing to the point

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