nhẫn

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Attested as nhển or nhẩn in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) nhẫn (, 𨧟)

  1. ring (round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger)
    • 2011, 0:1:11 from the start, in Dưới bóng cây [In the Shade of Trees]‎:
      Chỉ có những người dũng cảm nhất trong dòng họ mới được đeo nhẫn này thôi!
      Only the most courageous people in my family can wear this ring!

Etymology 2

Romanization

nhẫn

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of (rěn, to endure)
    • 2019, Trần Thị Tú Ngọc, “Sói đỏ núi Ba Đầu”, in Truyện ngắn hay 2019, NXB Hội Nhà văn:
      Tuyết Nhi vừa khóc vừa đưa cho Linh Lan xem kỉ vật cuối cùng của cha mà nàng vẫn hàng mang theo: Một con dao nhỏ sắc lạnh trên cán có khắc chữ Nhẫn.
      Tuyết Nhi, crying, handed Linh Lan the last reminder of her father which she always had with her: a small, sharp, cold knife with the Chinese character "endurance" etched on the handle.