dàn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dan"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• dan — nonstandard

Pronunciation

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Romanization

dàn (dan⁴, Zhuyin ㄉㄢˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 亳
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 但
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 僤／𫢸
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啖
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啗
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啿
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噉
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚪／𫫦
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帎
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弹
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 弾
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 彈／弹
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惐
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 憚／惮
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 憺
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 担
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擒
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 旦
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暺
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柦
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 氮
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沊
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淡
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潬／𬈁
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潭
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 澴
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 澹
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狚
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疍
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 疶
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癉／瘅
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癚
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矲／𰦜
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禫
35. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窞
36. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 腅
37. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 膵
38. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 舕
39. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萏
40. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛋
41. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜏
42. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蜑
43. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蟹
44. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 觛
45. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 訑／𫍙
46. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詷／𫍣
47. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誕／诞
48. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 诞
49. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贅／赘
50. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 贊／赞
51. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赖
52. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉭／钽
53. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霮
54. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餢
55. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 饏
56. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 馾
57. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駳
58. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髧
59. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴠／𱉗
60. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黮

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̥aːn/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dán m (“gift, bestowal, endowment, present; skill in applying the principles of a special science; science; skill applied to the material or subject-matter of art; artistic faculty, art; especially the poetic faculty; the art of poetry; poem, song, verse, rhyme; an industrial pursuit of a skilled nature; a craft, trade, business, office, calling, profession; a profession as represented by its practisers collectively, the members of a trade as a body; an occupation, function, business; an allotted task; a payment”).

Noun

dàn m (genitive singular dàin, plural dàin or dàna or dàintean)

2. destiny, fate; decree, predestination
3. poem, song; verse
4. treasure
5. work

Derived terms

• dàn an àir m (“the song of battle”)
• Dàn Sholaimh m (“the Song of Solomon”)
• dàn-aoghaireil m (“pastoral poem”)
• dàn-cluiche m (“dramatic poem”)
• dàn-cruite m (“lyric poem”)
• dàn-mór m (“epic poem”)

 

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish dána, from Old Irish dánae, according to Stokes, from the root of sense 1 above.

Adjective

dàn

2. bold, daring, intrepid, resolute
3. confident, audacious, presumptuous, forward, impudent

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dàn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːn˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jaːŋ˨˩]

Verb

dàn • (𢵧)

1. to put in order, to arrange
2. to display

See also

Derived terms

• dàn bài
• dàn dựng
• dàn nhạc
• dàn xếp