ngần

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Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 垠 (SV: ngân).

Noun[edit]

ngần

  1. quantity; measure; (this, that) much, many
  2. limit; bound; moderation
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Etymology 2[edit]

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 銀 (“silver”, SV: ngân).

Adjective[edit]

ngần

  1. (in compounds) silvery white; very white
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹), Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, lines 1191-1192:
      惜(Tiếc)台(thay)𥪞(trong)價(giá)𤽸(trắng)銀(ngần)
      典(Đến)風(phong)塵(trần)拱(cũng)風(phong)塵(trần)如(như)唉(ai)
      What a pity for such a girl, purer than snow, and whiter than silver!
      Here she was now, in this dusty and windy world, undergoing the same misfortunes of life as those which had fallen upon others.
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