trần

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Short for thừa trần (承塵, “ceiling”).

Noun

(classifier cái) trần

  1. ceiling
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Attested as tlần in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Adjective

trần

  1. (literary) bare
    đôi chân trần ― bare feet
    bờ vai trần ― bare shoulders
Derived terms

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

Etymology 3

Romanization

trần

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 塵
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Romanization

trần

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 陳
Derived terms
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