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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 順 (“to conform”). Doublet of thuần.
Pronunciation
Adjective
thuận
- (of a limb) dominant
- Antonym: nghịch
- tay thuận ― a dominant hand/arm
- thuận tay trái ― to be left-handed
- (mathematics, of a relationship between two variables) proportional
- Antonym: nghịch
- tỉ lệ thuận với ― to be proportional with
- (chemistry, of a reaction, or its direction as noted in the equation) "rightward"
- Antonym: nghịch
- (sometimes before nouns, of conditions) favorable
- thuận buồm xuôi gió ― smooth sailing (literally, “favorable sail, following wind”)
- mưa thuận gió hoà ― favorable weather (literally, “favorable rains, calm winds”)
Verb
thuận
- (of people) to agree with
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