Save Gender Feminine Usage Vietnamese Pronounced Pron. /hwaːŋ˨˩ ʔiən˧˦/, /waːŋ˨˩ ʔiəŋ˦˥/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Sino-Vietnamese 黃 (hoàng) "yellow" and 燕 (yến) "swift (bird)" meaning "canary".