đơn

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 單.

Noun

đơn

  1. application, petition, request
    mẫu đơn ― application form
    điền đơn ― to fill out an application
    đơn đặt hàng ― purchase order
    viết đơn ― to write an application
    đơn kiện ― written complaint for a lawsuit
    đơn xin ― application for a request
    đơn xin việc ― job application
    đệ đơn kiện ― to file a lawsuit; to file a petition
    viết đơn tình nguyện ― to write a volunteer application
    điền vào mẫu đơn ― to fill in an application form
  2. Short for đơn đặt hàng (“purchase order”).
  3. Short for đơn thuốc (“prescription, written order for the provision of a medicine”).
    Thầy thuốc cho đơn.
    The doctor wrote a prescription.
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Adjective

đơn

  1. alone, only; lonely
    Nhà đơn người.
    That side of the family is too small.
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Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cây) đơn

  1. (botany) Psychotria
    đơn trắng ― Psychotria asiatica
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Etymology 3

Noun

đơn

  1. (medicine) a condition producing skin rashes, normally indicating hives
  2. various plant species, typically large or medium-sized, some of which are used to treat the condition above
  3. (dialectal) lymphatic filariasis

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