Quan thoại

Vietnamese Alternative forms obsolete vi Quan hoại quan-hoại Etymology 官 mandarin; official 話 language. The obsolete form vi Quan hoại (tiếng) quan-hoại is also attested, such as in the 1925 translation of the Lingnan yishi (嶺南逸史) by Nguyễn Hữu Tiến or Nam học Hán văn khoá bản (1920). Pronunciation Noun Quan thoại Mandarin Usage notes In Vietnamese, Mandarin is also often referred to as vi tiếng Quan thoại, although the thoại part already means "language". This "redundant" practice in general is fairly common in Vietnamese texts, even in those written before the wide adoption of the Latin script.