ẩn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "an"

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VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 隱, from Middle Chinese 隱 ‎(ʔjɨn^X)

PronunciationEdit

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɜn˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɜŋ˧˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɜŋ˨˦]

AdjectiveEdit

ẩn

1. latent
2. (computing) hidden

VerbEdit

ẩn

1. (of a person) to seclude oneself from the world
2. (literary) to hide oneself
3. (computing) to hide

NounEdit

ẩn

1. (algebra) an unknown

Usage notesEdit

• "Hide" and "hidden" may not be a computing term per se, but ẩn is chiefly used to translate them in computing contexts, as in thư mục ẩn ("hidden folder").

See alsoEdit

• biến ‎(“variable”)
• nghiệm ‎(“root; zero”)

External linksEdit

• "ẩn" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)