vãn
Definition
- Adjective:
- Nearly finished, nearly over, nearly dispersed: Describes an event, activity, or gathering that is in its final stages, with most of it completed or most people having left.
- Thinning out, sparse: Describes a crowd or number of participants that has significantly decreased.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Chợ đã vãn. (The market is nearly over / The crowd at the market has thinned out.)
- Công việc đến nay đã vãn. (The work is mostly finished by now.)
- Rạp chiếu phim vãn khách sau 10 giờ tối. (The cinema has fewer customers after 10 p.m.)
Advanced Usage
- "vãn" as a noun: In classical Vietnamese theater (Tuồng), "vãn" refers to a specific, sorrowful aria or melody.
- Ông cụ ngân nga một câu hát vãn. (The old man hummed a sorrowful aria.)
- "van vãn" (reduplicated form): A softened or attenuated form meaning "almost finished" or "very nearly done."
- Công việc van vãn rồi. (The work is just about done.)
Variants and Related Words
- Vãn cảnh (v): To visit or tour a scenic place (often implies the activity is ending or the light is fading).
- Chúng tôi đi vãn cảnh chùa Hương. (We went to visit the scenery of Huong Pagoda.)
- Vãn hồi (v, literary): To retrieve, to recover, to bring back (something that is ending or lost).
- Không thể vãn hồi được tình thế. (The situation cannot be recovered.)
Synonyms
- Tàn: to end, to wane (often for events or days).
- Sắp hết: about to finish.
- Thưa thớt: sparse, thinly scattered (for crowds).
Related Idioms
- Chợ vãn, người tan: Literally "the market is over, the people have dispersed," meaning an event has completely ended and everyone has gone home.
- Đợi đến lúc chợ vãn người tan mới tìm thấy nhau. (They only found each other once the event was completely over and everyone had left.)
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over, finished, dispersed
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