trần

See also: tran, trán, trăn, trận, Trần, and Tran

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕən˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈəŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈəŋ˨˩]
• Homophone: Trần

Etymology 1

Short for thừa trần (承塵, “ceiling”).

Noun

(classifier cái) trần

1. ceiling

Derived terms

• quạt trần

 

Etymology 2

From Middle Vietnamese tlần.

Adjective

trần

1. (literary) bare

   đôi chân trần ― bare feet

   bờ vai trần ― bare shoulders

Derived terms

• bánh ít trần
• trần trụi
• trần truồng

 

Adverb

trần

1. (only in compounds, only in fixed expressions) without anything covering the torso; shirtlessly

   cởi trần ― to take off one's shirt and stay shirtless

   đánh trần / ở trần ― to be shirtless

2. (only in compounds, only in fixed expressions, euphemistic) without any clothes covering the body; nakedly

See also

• truồng
• trần truồng

Etymology 3

Romanization

trần

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 塵

Derived terms

• người phàm trần
• trần gian (塵間)
• trần thế (塵世)
• từ trần (辭塵)

 

Etymology 4

Romanization

trần

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 陳

Derived terms

• điều trần (條陳)
• phân trần (分陳)
• trần bì (陳皮)
• trần hủ (陳腐)
• trần liệt (陳列)
• trần tạ (陳謝)
• trần thiết (陳設)
• trần thuật (陳述)
• trần thuyết (陳說)
• trần tình (陳情)