Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Resounding widely; echoing loudly: Describes a sound that is loud, sharp, and spreads over a wide area, creating a pervasive auditory effect.
   • Spreading pervasively (of a sensation): Describes a physical sensation (like pain, heat, or cold) that is felt intensely and diffusely throughout an area of the body.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Sound):
  • Pháo nổ ran đêm giao thừa. (Firecrackers exploded resoundingly on New Year's Eve.)
• Adjective (Sensation):
  • Đau ran cả người. (To have a pain spreading pervasively through one's whole body.)
  • Nóng ran. (To feel a pervasive, intense heat.)

Advanced Usage

• Medical Context (Historical/Literary): In older medical terminology, "ran" can describe types of abnormal breathing sounds (rales), such as a wet rale ("ran ướt") or a crackling rale ("ran nổ"). This usage is highly specialized.

Variants and Related Words

• Ran rẩy (adj): To tremble or shiver slightly and pervasively, often from cold or fear.
  • Cô ấy sợ đến nỗi ran rẩy cả người. (She was so scared she trembled all over.)

Synonyms

• Resounding: (for sound) echoing, reverberating.
• Pervasive: (for sensation) widespread, diffuse, spreading.

Related Idioms

• Đau điếng, đau ran: To be struck with a sharp, shocking, and spreading pain.
  • Cú ngã khiến tay anh ấy đau ran. (The fall caused a sharp, spreading pain in his arm.)

1. Resound widely
   • Pháo nổ ran đêm giao thừa
     Fire-crackers exploded widely on the watch night
2. Spread widely
   • Đau ran cả người
     To feel a pain spreading widely on one's body
   • Nóng ran
     To feel a temperature (hot) all over one's body