Vietnamese food

How to pronounce bún

bún
Without marks
bun
Syllables
1 · bún
Tone
sắc (acute accent · high rising)
Meaning
rice vermicelli
Frequency
No. 4,577 among the most used words

bún, block by block

Each line adds one piece. Read it aloud, then tap a card to compare: a consonant plays the way it is spelled at school (ph = “phờ”).

Spelled the Vietnamese school wayu nờ un bờ un bun sắc bún

búnrice vermicelli

Every tone

The same letters without a tone (the root), then with each tone the spelling allows: some are words, some only possible syllables.

Southern or Northern?

South · Sài Gòn

said as written

North · Hà Nội

said as written

Same sound, different spelling: the accent changes the sound, never the written word.

“bun” without the marks

1 other real words are spelled bun apart from the marks. Only the marks tell them from bún.

  • bùnmud

Read bún? Then you can read these

Same rhyme, same tone: only the first consonant changes. That's how the app teaches reading, from words you know to every word that sounds like them.

Like bún

  • cúnpuppy
  • lúnto sink, subside
  • nhúnto flex (knees), bounce
  • súnhaving decayed/missing teeth
  • rúnnavel, belly button
  • únyounger sibling
  • dúnto bend (the legs)

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Quick answers

How do you pronounce bún?

Block by block: u → n → un → b → bun → sắc → bún. Tone: sắc (acute accent · high rising). Read each block aloud, then compare with the recording, in a Southern or a Northern voice.

What tone is bún?

sắc (acute accent · high rising)

Is bún said differently in the South and the North?

Both accents say bún as it is written.

What does “bun” mean without the marks?

Without the marks, bun can be several words: bùn (mud). The marks decide which one.

What does bún mean?

rice vermicelli

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