toán

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [twaːn˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [twaːŋ˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˦˥]

Etymology 1

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Noun

toán

(rather literary) a bunch; a gang (typically, of unfriendly people)
toán cướp ― a band of robbers

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 算 (“to calculate”).

Noun

toán

(education) mathematics; math(s)
làm toán ― to do math homework

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Derived terms

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