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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Compare đằn.

Pronunciation

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• (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zan˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA(key): [jaŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA(key): [jaŋ˨˩]

Verb

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dằn • (撊, 𢴍, 陳)

1. to press; to press under
2. to repress (feeling)
   • 1986, Anh Đức, Đứa con của đất, 2nd edition, Ho Chi Minh City: Nhà xuất bản Văn Nghệ, published 1987, page 112:Tôi dằn lòng gác bỏ cái ý định thủ cây búa rình đập Bảy Vàng, bỏ trốn [khỏi Bảy Vàng] tới đây, rồi sẽ đi xa hơn nữa.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
3. to bang down (something out of anger)
4. to stress (in one's voice)

Usage notes

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Dằn In the compound adjective dữ dằn "fierce, ferocious" is possibly a fossil and derives from

non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 寅 (“3rd Earth Branch; tiger in Chinese zodiac”, SV: dần); if so, dữ dằn would have originally meant "fierce, ferocious as a tiger".

Derived terms

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• dằn dỗi
• dằn hắt
• dằn mặt
• dằn túi
• dằn vặt

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