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Vietnamese
Etymology
Cognate with Muong ten (“to dye black”) and Chut tɛn¹ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).
Pronunciation
Adjective
đen • (顛, 黰, 𪓇, 𬹙)
- of the color black
- (of skin colour, etc.) dark; swarthy
- unlucky; unfortunate
- Antonym: đỏ
- đen đủi ― very unlucky
- số/vận đen ― bad luck
- đỏ và đen ― red and black; good and bad luck
Derived terms
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Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)
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xám
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đen
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| đỏ; thắm, thẫm
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cam; nâu
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vàng; kem
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| vàng chanh
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xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục
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xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
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| xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két
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xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh
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xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
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| tím; chàm
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tía
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hồng
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