bốn
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Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
bốn means four.
Meanings of bốn in English
Numeral
- four
Words with bốn
Example sentences with bốn
- Tom đã đi lúc bốn giờ sáng. Tom left at four in the morning.
- Bốn đô la là bao nhiêu yên? How many yen is four dollars?
- Cứ bốn năm, có một năm nhuận. Every four years, it's a leap year.
- Có bốn kiểu câu điều kiện chính. There are four main types of conditional clauses.
- Bà ấy có bốn đứa con. She has four children.
- Cô ấy có bốn người con. She has four children.
- Hình vuông có bốn góc vuông. A square has four right angles.
- "Bạn có bao nhiêu euro?" "Bốn." "How many euros do you have?" "Four."
Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).
Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)
Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, bốn could be written as 本, 𦊚, 奔. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *poːnʔ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *puənʔ (“four”). Cognate with Muong pổn, Khmer បួន (buən), Bahnar puăn, Pacoh poan, Mang puːn², Mon ပန်, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] fōan, Santali ᱯᱳᱱ/ᱯᱩᱱ (pon/pun).
Frequently asked questions
What does bốn mean in English?
bốn (numeral) means "four".
How do you pronounce bốn?
IPA: Hanoi [ʔɓon˧˦]; Saigon [ʔɓoŋ˦˥]. Tones: bốn — rising tone (sắc).