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Additionally, some Vietnamese names can only be differentiated via context or with their corresponding chữ Hán, such as 南 ("south") or 男 ("men", "boy"), both are read as Nam. Anyone applying for Vietnamese nationality must also adopt a Vietnamese name. [2] Vietnamese names have corresponding Hán character adopted early on during Chinese ...
Vietnamese personal names are usually three syllables long, but may also be two or four syllables. The first syllable is the family name or surname . Because certain family names, notably Nguyen, are extremely common, they cannot be used to distinguish among individuals in the manner customary in English.
Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary (Vietnamese: từ Hán Việt, Chữ Hán: 詞漢越, literally 'Chinese-Vietnamese words') is a layer of about 3,000 monosyllabic morphemes of the Vietnamese language borrowed from Literary Chinese with consistent pronunciations based on Middle Chinese. Compounds using these morphemes are used extensively in cultural ...
Mạc Đĩnh Chi, Vietnamese scholar and official of the Trần dynasty (1272–1346) Mạc Cửu, a Chinese adventurer who played a role in relations between Cambodia and the Nguyễn court; Mạc dynasty, ruled the northern provinces of Vietnam from 1527 until 1592; Mạc Đăng Dung, Vietnamese emperor and the founder of the Mạc dynasty ...
Phạm is the Sino-Vietnamese reading of the Chữ Hán: 范.. Phạm arose in historical sources from around the third century CE. It was the title prepositions before names of kings of Lâm Ấp, kings of Funan, the eight chiefs of Jiao, and several tribal figures along the Annamite Mountain between the third to the seventh century CE.
Lê is a common Vietnamese surname (third most common), written 黎 in Chữ Hán.It is pronounced /le˧˧/ in the Hanoi dialect and /lej˧˧/ in the Saigon dialect.It is usually pronounced /liː/ in English, with it being commonly mistaken for another surname, with similar spelling and pronunciation in English, Lý.
Despite the Chinese recognition and his rule over much of Vietnam, later Vietnamese historians question the legitimacy of his reign. The usurpation by Mạc Đăng Dung split the kingdom , with the Mạc dynasty reigning in the north, and the Lê dynasty continuing in the south, supported by the Trịnh lords and the Nguyễn lords .
Dinh (丁) is a Vietnamese surname. In Vietnam, the surname is spelled Đinh or Đình, but the latter is very rare in Vietnamese. Notable people.