phẳng

See also: phang, Phang, pháng, and phâng

Tai Do

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰwaŋᴮ. Cognate with Thai ฝั่ง (fàng), Lao ຝັ່ງ (fang), Lü ᦚᧂᧈ (ḟang¹), Shan ၽင်ႇ (phàng) or ၾင်ႇ (fàng), Tai Nüa ᥜᥒᥱ (fǎng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faŋ³³/

Noun

phẳng

1. shore

Vietnamese

Etymology

Probably non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 平 (“level; even”, SV: bình). Doublet of bằng and bình.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faŋ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [faŋ˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [faŋ˨˩˦]

Adjective

phẳng • (𢆕, 𪪇)

1. flat; level; even

   núi ngầm chóp phẳng ― guyot (flat-tipped seamount)

Derived terms

• bằng phẳng (“flat; smooth”)
• đồng phẳng (“coplanar”)
• mặt phẳng (“plane”)
• phẳng lặng (“tranquil”)
• phẳng lì (“even and smooth”)
• phẳng phiu (“even; level”)
• phẳng phiu
• phẳng phớm
• san phẳng (“to flatten; to level”)
• sòng phẳng (𠼾𢆕, “fair”)