"ngần" meaning in Vietnamese

See ngần in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ŋən˨˩] [Hà-Nội], [ŋəŋ˦˩] [Huế], [ŋəŋ˨˩] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 銀 (“silver”, SV: ngân). Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|銀}}, {{der|vi|zh|銀//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">ngân</i>|t=silver|tr=-}} Chinese 銀 (“silver”, SV: ngân), {{vi-etym-sino|銀|silver|ngân|hv=n}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 銀 (“silver”, SV: ngân) Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|||||||head=|tr=}} ngần, {{vi-adj}} ngần
  1. (in compounds) silvery white; very white Tags: in-compounds Derived forms: cá ngần, trắng ngần
    Sense id: en-ngần-vi-adj-hcxM832T Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 27 32 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 20 29 29 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 24 22 26 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [ŋən˨˩] [Hà-Nội], [ŋəŋ˦˩] [Huế], [ŋəŋ˨˩] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 垠 (SV: ngân). Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|垠}}, {{der|vi|zh|垠//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">ngân</i>|t=|tr=-}} Chinese 垠 (SV: ngân), {{vi-etym-sino|垠||ngân|hv=n}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 垠 (SV: ngân) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} ngần, {{vi-noun}} ngần
  1. quantity; measure; (this, that) much, many
    Sense id: en-ngần-vi-noun-YT1VDOVr Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 27 32 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 20 29 29 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 24 22 26 28
  2. limit; bound; moderation
    Sense id: en-ngần-vi-noun-h-WL8QKC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 27 32 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 20 29 29 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 24 22 26 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vô ngần
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [ŋən˨˩] [Hà-Nội], [ŋəŋ˦˩] [Huế], [ŋəŋ˨˩] (note: Saigon) Forms: [CJK]
Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=銀}} ngần • (銀), {{vi-verb|銀}} ngần • (銀)
  1. (not used in isolation) to hesitate Derived forms: ngại ngần, ngần ngại, ngần ngừ, tần ngần
    Sense id: en-ngần-vi-verb-ASFMFEP8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 27 32 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 20 29 29 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 24 22 26 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[ŋəŋ˨˩]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "[ŋəŋ˨˩]",
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          "ref": "1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, lines 1191-1192:",
          "text": "惜(Tiếc)台(thay)𥪞(trong)價(giá)𤽸(trắng)銀(ngần)\n典(Đến)風(phong)塵(trần)拱(cũng)風(phong)塵(trần)如(như)唉(ai)",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ŋəŋ˨˩]",
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  "word": "ngần"
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        {
          "english": "What a pity for such a girl, purer than snow, and whiter than silver!\nHere she was now, in this dusty and windy world, undergoing the same misfortunes of life as those which had fallen upon others.",
          "ref": "1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, lines 1191-1192:",
          "text": "惜(Tiếc)台(thay)𥪞(trong)價(giá)𤽸(trắng)銀(ngần)\n典(Đến)風(phong)塵(trần)拱(cũng)風(phong)塵(trần)如(như)唉(ai)",
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      "ipa": "[ŋən˨˩]",
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        "Hà-Nội"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋəŋ˦˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋəŋ˨˩]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngần"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Vietnamese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (f90d964 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.