Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
xe (“vehicle”) + than (“coal”). Than also means "to moan", which is how some have described the vehicles.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
xe than
- (historical) A minibus that has been converted to run on coal.
References[edit]
- ^ Phạm Trần (2006 November 20) “Xe "than"”, in tuoitre.vn[1] (in Vietnamese), retrieved 24 April 2023