I'm told the word/name tuyen in Vietnamese can mean "distance / travel". Does it come from a Chinese word? I could not think of one that sounded like it; would appreciate your help.
I'm told the word/name tuyen in Vietnamese can mean "distance / travel". Does it come from a Chinese word? I could not think of one that sounded like it; would appreciate your help.
忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」
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I stuck tuyen into a Viet dictionary and one of the words I got was tuyển. In Chinese, that's 选. It's not "distance/travel".
Thanks Yushi.
According to this page, "tuyen" can have the meanings of "line" and "ray", both of which can be translated as 线 (ray is 光线), so perhaps that is what I was thinking of for "distance".
I seem to remember seeing "tuyen" (with certain accent marks that I can't reproduce now) associated with travel in Vietnam.
Last edited by PJ; 12-25-09 at 06:00 PM.
忽见柳荫下两个小孩子在哀哀痛哭,瞧模样正是武敦儒、武修文兄弟。郭芙大声叫道:「喂,你们在干甚麽?」武 修文回头见是郭芙,哭道:「我们在哭,你不见麽?」