mân

Cognate with Italian mano (“hand”).

mân f (plural mân, second plural man)

1. hand

   Bôna mân ― tip

   • 1540, Pier Francesco da Faenza, Commedia nuova:

     Vit vit, dumandie, ch'a m’ò sfogà le man e i pie contra a quest die de l'amor.

     See, see, Lord, that I've vented hands and feet on this Love deity.

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 353

• IPA^(key): [mɨn]

mân

1. inflection of mânea:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

mân

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of mâna

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [məŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [məŋ˧˧]

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mân

1. (transitive) to caress, to touch gently

   Synonyms: măn, mơn

2. (colloquial, intransitive) to prolong an action

See mần.

mân

1. (North Central Vietnam) alternative form of mần (to do, to work)

• IPA^(key): /maːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

mân (feminine singular mân, plural mân or manion, equative maned, comparative manach, superlative manaf)

1. fine

   Synonym: main

2. small, little
3. petty, trivial