dân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dan"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 民.

See nhất for explanation of the initial.

Pronunciation

Noun

dân

  1. (collective) people with shared group identity, interest or values; compare người (“people with shared physical traits or geography”) and nhân dân (“citizens or subjects of a country”)
    dân Đông Á/Tàu ― the East Asians/Chinese
    dân nông thôn/thành thị ― country/city folks
    dân đồ hoạ/công nghệ ― graphic designers/techy people
  2. (collective, literary) civilians as opposed to military personnel
    của dân, do dân, vì dân ― of the people, by the people, for the people
    quân dân một lòng ― our military and our civilians are united
    Quân đội ta trung với Đảng, hiếu với dân, sẵn sàng chiến đấu hy sinh vì độc lập, tự do của Tổ quốc, vì chủ nghĩa xã hội, nhiệm vụ nào cũng hoàn thành, khó khăn nào cũng vượt qua, kẻ thù nào cũng đánh thắng.
    Our military is loyal to the Party, filial to our civilians, on call to fight for the independence and liberty of our Homeland and for socialism, vows to accomplish every mission, overcome every struggle, defeat every enemy.

Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /daːn/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dân

  1. third-person plural future colloquial of dod

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
dân ddân nân unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Noun

dân

  1. Soft mutation of tân.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
tân dân nhân thân
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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