tàn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tan"

Mandarin

Romanization

tàn (tan⁴, Zhuyin ㄊㄢˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傝
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 僋
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘆／叹
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埮
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 探
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 撟／挢
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 歎／叹
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 湠
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 炭
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 碳
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 舕
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賧／赕
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㒎

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 殘 (“to damage”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːn˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːŋ˨˩]

Noun

tàn

1. ash resulting from burning cigarettes, incense or mosquito coils; compare tro (“ash in general”)

Verb

tàn

1. to fade; to wither; to decay; to crumble

Derived terms

• điêu tàn (凋殘, “collapsed”)
• gạt tàn (“ashtray”)
• hoang tàn (荒殘, “devastated”)
• suy tàn (衰殘, “to decline”)
• tàn bạo (殘暴, “cruel”)
• tàn khốc (殘酷, “catastrophic”)
• tàn nhang (“freckle”)
• tàn nhẫn (殘忍, “ruthless”)
• tàn phá (殘破, “destroyed”)
• tàn phế (殘廢, “crippled”)
• tàn tật (殘疾, “disabled”)
• tro tàn (“ashes”)