trần

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

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 塵.

Noun[edit]

trần

  1. (only in compounds) dust
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Etymology 2[edit]

Short for thừa trần (承塵, “ceiling”).

Noun[edit]

trần

  1. ceiling
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Etymology 3[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 陳.

Verb[edit]

trần

  1. (only in compounds) to exhibit, to display
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Etymology 4[edit]

From Middle Vietnamese tlần.

Adjective[edit]

trần

  1. (literary) bare
    đôi chân trần
    bare feet
    bờ vai trần
    bare shoulders
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Adverb[edit]

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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