thuận
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 順 (“to conform”). Doublet of thuần.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰwən˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰwəŋ˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰ⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˨˩˨]
- Homophone: Thuận
Adjective
[edit]thuận
- (of a limb) dominant
- Antonym: nghịch
- tay thuận ― a dominant hand/arm
- thuận tay trái ― to be left-handed
- (mathematics, of a relationship between two variables) proportional
- Antonym: nghịch
- tỉ lệ thuận với ― to be proportional with
- (chemistry, of a reaction, or its direction as noted in the equation) "rightward"
- Antonym: nghịch
- (sometimes before nouns, of conditions) favorable
- thuận buồm xuôi gió ― smooth sailing (literally, “favorable sail, following wind”)
- mưa thuận gió hoà ― favorable weather (literally, “favorable rains, calm winds”)
Verb
[edit]thuận
- (of people) to agree with