lan man

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

lan man

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