Anh

See also: anh, Ánh, and ảnh

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔajŋ̟˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛɲ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔan˧˧]
• Homophone: anh

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 英. As for the country name, contracted from Chinese 英國 / 英国 (Anh quốc, “United Kingdom”), from Chinese 英 (Anh) (as in Mandarin 英吉利 (Yīngjílì, Anh Cát Lợi, “England”) or 英格蘭 / 英格兰 (Yīnggélán, Anh Cách Lan, “England”)) + 國 / 国 (quốc, “country”).

Proper noun

Anh

1. a unisex given name from Chinese
2. United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)

   Vương quốc Anh

   United Kingdom

3. Great Britain (a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales)

   Vương quốc Liên hiệp Anh và Bắc Ai-len

   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

4. England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

   Anh quốc

   England

   đội tuyển bóng đá Anh

   England national football team

Adjective

Anh

1. British (of, from or relating to the United Kingdom)

   tiếng Anh Anh

   British English

2. English (of, from or relating to England)

   tiếng Anh Anh

   British English

Usage notes

• More often than not, the average Vietnamese person is not aware of the differences between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England, and they do not usually attempt to be, similarly to a Chinese person to 英國 / 英国 (Yīngguó) or a Japanese person to イギリス (Igirisu). But unlike in Chinese and Japanese, there seem to be no de facto distinguishing terms for those concepts in Vietnamese even in diplomatic contexts, although one may sometimes hear Anh Quốc be used for the United Kingdom.
• Due to this name awkwardly being homophonous with anh (“elder brother”), people who bear it may be preferably referred to also by their middle name, e.g. Tuấn Anh, Lan Anh.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Anh

1. (literary, endearing) alternative letter-case form of anh; he/him, the young Ho Chi Minh

   Synonym: Người

Anagrams

• nha; han