bao nhiêu

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === bao (“how”) +‎ nhiều (“many; much”). In compounds, bao triggers tonal shift of the following syllable to the ngang tone (A1), compare bao lăm (“how many”) (< lắm (“many”)) and the obsolete bao dai (“how long”) (< dài (“long”)). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧ ɲiəw˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧ ɲiw˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːw˧˧ ɲiw˧˧] === Pronoun === bao nhiêu how many? how much? ==== See also ==== mấy