toán

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [twaːn˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [twaːŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˦˥]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Maybe a rather recent loan from a form of 團?”)

Noun

toán

1. (rather literary) bunch; gang (typically, of unfriendly people)

   toán cướp ― a band of robbers

Etymology 2

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

Noun

toán

1. (education) mathematics; math(s)

   làm toán ― to do math homework

Derived terms

• bói toán
• con toán
• dự toán
• điện toán
• kế toán
• kiểm toán
• thanh toán
• thuật toán
• tính toán
• toán học
• toán số