sảnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Likely non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 廳 (“hall, office”, SV: thinh).

Its pronunciation is possibly due to the influence of 省 (MC srjaengX) "palace (obsolete)".

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sajŋ̟˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂɛɲ˧˨] ~ [sɛɲ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂan˨˩˦] ~ [san˨˩˦]

Noun

sảnh

1. drawing room
2. (dated or obsolete) office building

References

“sảnh” in Hồ Ngọc Đức's Free Dictionary Project