dẫn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 引.

Pronunciation

Verb

dẫn

  1. to lead (someone) to a place
    Chương trình sẽ dẫn các bé vào thế giới cổ tích phương Đông.
    The program will take your children into the world of Eastern folklore.
  2. to conduct (a program, a show, etc.)
    dẫn chương trình ― to host a show; to be the MC
    người dẫn truyện ― narrator (literally, “person [who] leads [a] story”)
  3. ellipsis of trích dẫn (“to cite or quote”)
    dẫn nguồn ― to cite a source

Prefix

dẫn

  1. (physics) conductive
    Antonym: cách
    dẫn nhiệt/điện ― thermally/electrically conductive
    chất dẫn điện ― a conductor (literally, “matter conductive [to] electricity”)
    chất bán dẫn ― a semiconductor (literally, “matter [that is] half conductive”)

Derived terms

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