tuan

See also: Tuan, tuán, tuàn, tuần, tuān, tuǎn, and tú'àn

English

Noun

tuan (plural tuans)

1. The brush-tailed phascogale, Phascogale tapoatafa.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tuan.

Noun

tuan

1. mister (title of adult male)

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Malay

Alternative forms

• توان

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuan/
• Rhymes: -uan, -wan, -an

Noun

tuan (Jawi spelling توان)

1. mister (title of adult male)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tuan

Synonyms

• encik / انچيق

Derived terms

Affixed derivations:

• ketuanan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• pertuan [causative passive] (peR-)
• bertuan [stative / habitual] (beR-)

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Mandarin

Romanization

tuan

1. Nonstandard spelling of tuān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of tuán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tuǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tuàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.