Definitions

1. Adjective:

   • Jet-black, deep black: Describes a very deep, glossy, and intense black color, often with a sense of depth or sheen, like lacquer or obsidian.

2. Noun:

   • The "huyền" tone: The name of one of the six tones in the Vietnamese language, marked by the downward accent (\), as in the word "huyền" itself.
   • A string (of a musical instrument), a stringed instrument: Refers to the strings of traditional instruments or, by extension, the instruments themselves.
   • Hypotenuse: In geometry, the side opposite the right angle in a right-angled triangle.
   • Jet (the mineral): A type of black lignite, a precious stone used in jewelry.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Mái tóc cô ấy đen huyền. (Her hair is jet-black.)
  • Bầu trời đêm đen huyền. (The night sky is deeply black.)

• Noun (Tone):

  • Trong tiếng Việt, dấu "`" biểu thị thanh huyền. (In Vietnamese, the "`" diacritic indicates the "huyền" tone.)
  • Từ "huyền" có thanh huyền. (The word "huyền" has the "huyền" tone.)

• Noun (String/Instrument):

  • Tiếng huyền ngân vang. (The sound of the strings resonates.)
  • Khách phòng huyền đã tới. (The guest of the music room has arrived.) (A classical, literary usage)

• Noun (Hypotenuse):

  • Hãy tính độ dài cạnh huyền. (Calculate the length of the hypotenuse.)

Advanced Usage

• In classical/poetic language: "Huyền" is often used in literary and poetic contexts to evoke a sense of mystery, depth, or antiquity, related to its meanings of deep black or musical strings.

  • Giọng nói như tiếng huyền. (A voice like the sound of strings.)
  • Một bí ẩn huyền diệu. (A mysterious and profound secret.) (Note: "huyền diệu" is a compound word)

• In botany/art (Bonsai, penjing): Describes a specific, graceful style where the tree trunk cascades down over the pot's edge at an angle before rising again.

  • Thế cây huyền. (The "huyền" style tree.)

Variants and Related Words

• Huyền bí (adj): Mysterious, enigmatic.
• Huyền diệu (adj): Mystical, miraculous, wonderful.
• Huyền thoại (n): Legend, myth.
• Huyền sử (n): Legendary history.
• Đen huyền (phrase): Jet-black.

Synonyms

• Adjective (black): Đen nhánh (glossy black), đen tuyền (pure black).
• Noun (tone): Thanh bằng có dấu huyền (the level tone with a falling accent) – a technical description.
• Noun (string): Dây đàn (instrument string).

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Cung huyền (n): The chord, the string instrument; often used poetically for music.
  • Gảy cung huyền. (To play the string instrument.)
• Đường huyền (n): Synonym for "cạnh huyền" (hypotenuse).
• Dấu huyền (n): The diacritic mark () for the "huyền" tone.

adj

1. jet
   • đen huyền
     jet-black