dằn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare đằn.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zan˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jaŋ˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [jaŋ˨˩]

Verb

dằn • (撊, 𢴍, 陳)

to press; to press under
to repress (feeling)
to bang down (something out of anger)
to stress (in one's voice)

Usage notes

Dằn In the compound adjective dữ dằn "fierce, ferocious" is possibly a fossil and derives from non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 寅 (“3rd Earth Branch; tiger in Chinese zodiac”, SV: dần); if so, dữ dằn would have originally meant "fierce, ferocious as a tiger".

Derived terms