Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: ngân).

Noun edit

ngần

  1. quantity; measure; (this, that) much, many
  2. limit; bound; moderation
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Etymology 2 edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (silver, SV: ngân).

Adjective edit

ngần

  1. (in compounds) silvery white; very white
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹), Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, lines 1191-1192:
      (Tiếc)(thay)𥪞(trong)(giá)𤽸(trắng)(ngần)
      (Đến)(phong)(trần)(cũng)(phong)(trần)(như)(ai)
      What a pity for such a girl, purer than snow, and whiter than silver!
      Here she was now, in this dusty and windy world, undergoing the same misfortunes of life as those which had fallen upon others.
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