tấn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tan"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
tấn
- a tonne (1000 kilograms)
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Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 進; this is the Southern form. Doublet of tiến, the Northern form.
In current written Vietnamese, only three compounds with this form are in common use: tấn tới (“progressive, advancing”), tấn công (“to attack”) and tấn phong (“to promote to a higher position”); other compounds, although abundantly attested in many texts are now replaced by the Northern form tiến in the speech of most Southerners.
Verb edit
tấn
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Derived terms