Where does “quàng xiên” come from?

quàng xiên (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese quàng, from Chinese 廣.

quàng xiên (Vietnamese): nonsensical

Definitions

  1. nonsensical

Ancestry of “quàng xiên”, step by step

quàng xiên traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese quàng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequàngnonsensical, absurd; indiscriminate; to put on,...
2Chinese廣—

via Vietnamese xiên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexiênfork
Every word from Chinese 廣 →Every word from Vietnamese quàng →