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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 親 (“close; pro-”).
Adjective
thân
- (usually of friends) close or even best
- bạn thân ― a close/best friend
- chơi thân với ― to be close/best friends with; to hang out with
- (only in fixed expressions) relative
- người thân ― (close) relatives
Prefix
thân
- (history, usually derogatory) pro-
- thân Mĩ/Pháp/Nhật ― pro-America/France/Japan
See also
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 身 (“body”).
Noun
(classifier cái) thân
- (chiefly anatomy or zoology) a torso
- Synonym: mình
- (botany, of a tree) a trunk
- (botany, of a grass) a stem
See also
Etymology 3
Romanization
thân
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 申
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 紳
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 砷
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 伸
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 呻
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 抻
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 珅
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 身
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 親
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 峷
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
thân
- Aspirate mutation of tân.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.