phân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "phan"

Muong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰən¹/

Verb

phân

  1. (Mường Bi) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Tày

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *C̥.wɯnᴬ. Cognate with Thai ฝน (fǒn), Northern Thai ᨺᩫ᩠ᨶ, Lao ຝົນ (fon), Tai Dam ꪶꪠꪙ, ᦚᦳᧃ (ḟun), Shan ၽူၼ် (phǔun) or ၾူၼ် (fǔun), Ahom 𑜇𑜤𑜃𑜫 (phun), Zhuang fwn, Nong Zhuang paen, Saek หวึ่น.

Compare Southern Kam bienl, Sui fenl, Proto-Be *pʰunᴬ¹, Hlai fun.

Pronunciation

Noun

phân (, 𮦘)

  1. rain

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fəŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [fəŋ˧˧]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: phẩn).

Noun

phân

  1. (formal or euphemistic) stool; faeces; excrement
    Synonym: cứt
    cục phâna turd
    đống phâna pile of feces
  2. Short for phân bón (fertiliser; manure).
    bón phânto put fertilizer on the soil; to fertilize
    phân NPKNPK fertilizer

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from (to divide; various types of units), from Middle Chinese (pjun). Doublet of phần and phận. Cognate with Mandarin (fēn) and Cantonese (fan1).

Noun

phân

  1. (historical) an ancient unit of length, equal to 1100 of a thước
  2. (historical) an ancient unit of weight, equal to 1100 of a lạng and approximately 0.378 g
  3. hundredth-level (centi-) unit, such as centimetre and centigram
  4. (colloquial) Short for phần trăm (percent).

Verb

phân

  1. to divide (among, between)
  2. to distribute; to allocate
  3. (colloquial) Short for phân công (to share).
  4. Short for phân biệt (to distinguish).
Derived terms
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