mân
Pronunciation
Northern
/mən˧˧/
Central
/məŋ˧˥/
Southern
/məŋ˧˧/
to caress
3 senses
Verb
to caress
Verb
to prolong
Verb
to do or work
Details
3 senses
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Details
3 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to caress
Core Actions
The act of touching or stroking someone or something in a gentle and loving way.
vi Người mẹ nhẹ nhàng mân lên mái tóc của con.
en The mother gently caresses her child's hair.
Sense 2
Verb
to prolong
To make an activity or process continue for a longer time than is expected.
vi Anh ấy cứ mân công việc mãi mà chưa xong.
en He keeps prolonging the work and hasn't finished it yet.
Sense 3
Verb
to do or work
A dialectal variation of the word mần used to describe performing a task or working.
vi Anh ấy đang mân việc ngoài đồng.
en He is working in the field.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𢺳
Candidates by syllable
mân
𢺳
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.