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trần

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See also: tran, trán, trăn, trận, Trần, and Tran

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Short for thừa trần (承塵, “ceiling”).

Noun

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(classifier cái) trần

  1. ceiling
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Etymology 2

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Attested as tlần in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Adjective

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trần

  1. (literary) bare
    đôi chân trần ― bare feet
    bờ vai trần ― bare shoulders
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Adverb

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trần

  1. (only in compounds, only in fixed expressions) without anything covering the torso; shirtlessly
    cởi trần ― to take off one's shirt and stay shirtless
    đánh trần / ở trần ― to be shirtless
  2. (only in compounds, only in fixed expressions, euphemistic) without any clothes covering the body; nakedly

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Etymology 3

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Romanization

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trần

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 塵
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Etymology 4

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Romanization

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trần

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 陳
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