dăn

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Tấm vải này đã bị dăn sau khi giặt.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To wrinkle, to crease: "dăn" means to cause or form small folds or lines on a surface, especially on skin or fabric. This is a dialectal variant of the standard word "nhăn".

Usage

• Verb:
  • The word "dăn" is primarily used in spoken Vietnamese within specific regional dialects. In formal writing and standard communication, the word "nhăn" is preferred.
  • It is used to describe the action of something becoming wrinkled or the act of making something wrinkled.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Vải này dễ bị dăn lắm. (This fabric wrinkles very easily.)
  • Đừng dăn trán lại như thế! (Don't furrow your brow like that!)

Advanced Usage

• "dăn mặt": to make a face, to grimace (often showing displeasure).
  • Nó dăn mặt ra khi nghe tin đó. (He grimaced when he heard that news.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhăn (Verb): The standard Vietnamese word for "to wrinkle".
  • Áo sơ mi bị nhăn. (The shirt is wrinkled.)
• Nhăn nheo (Adjective): Very wrinkled, crumpled.
  • Tờ giấy nhăn nheo. (The paper is all crumpled.)
• Nhăn nhó (Verb/Adjective): To grimace in pain; to look pained or uncomfortable.
  • Anh ấy nhăn nhó vì đau bụng. (He is grimacing because of a stomach ache.)

Synonyms

• Nhàu (Verb): To crumple (often used for paper or light fabric).
• Cau (Verb): To knit, to furrow (used specifically for eyebrows: "cau mày").

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Dăn trán: to furrow one's brow.
  • Cô ấy dăn trán suy nghĩ. (She furrowed her brow in thought.)

Related Idioms

• Mặt dăn như khỉ ăn ớt: (Face wrinkled like a monkey eating chili) An idiom describing a very wrinkled or grimacing face, often due to tasting something sour or bitter.
  • Uống chanh xong, mặt nó dăn như khỉ ăn ớt. (After drinking the lime juice, his face was all scrunched up.)

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