Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Widespread, pervasive, tingling: Describes a sensation, typically itching or a similar feeling, that spreads across a large area of the body or becomes intensely felt everywhere.
   • Resounding, echoing loudly: Describes a sound that is loud, widespread, and fills the space, creating a pervasive auditory sensation. (This meaning is derived from its primary synonym 'ran').

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Tôi bị ngứa rân khắp lưng sau khi đi trong rừng. (I have a widespread itch all over my back after walking in the forest.)
  • Tiếng ve kêu rân cả một góc trời. (The sound of cicadas resounds loudly across a corner of the sky.)
  • Cảm giác tê rân lan từ ngón tay lên cánh tay. (A tingling numbness spread from the finger up to the arm.)

Advanced Usage

• "rân rân": A reduplicated form intensifying the adjective, meaning a very pronounced, persistent tingling or resounding sensation.
  • Nghe tin ấy, lòng tôi cảm thấy rân rân. (Hearing that news, my heart felt a profound, tingling emotion.)
• Used to describe non-physical sensations, such as emotions or atmospheres, that feel overwhelming or pervasive.
  • Không khí trong phòng họp căng thẳng rân rân. (The atmosphere in the meeting room was intensely, pervasively tense.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ran (ph.): The primary synonym. 'Rân' is considered a variant pronunciation or spelling of 'ran', sharing the same meanings of widespread sensation or sound.
  • Tiếng trống đồng vang ran. (The sound of the bronze drum echoed loudly.)

Synonyms

• Ngứa ngáy: Itchy (specifically for the itching sensation).
• Lan tỏa: To spread, to diffuse (for the spreading aspect).
• Vang dội: Resounding, echoing (for the sound aspect).

Related Idioms

• Ngứa rân cả người: To itch all over; to have an itch that spreads across the whole body. This is the most common and classic idiom using 'rân'.
  • Bị dị ứng, tôi ngứa rân cả người. (Having an allergy, I itched all over my body.)

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