đàn
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- A flock, herd, or group: A collective term for a group of animals, especially livestock or birds, that are together.
- A musical instrument: Specifically, a stringed musical instrument, such as a lute or zither.
- A platform or altar: A raised platform of earth, stone, or construction used for ceremonies, rituals, or public speaking.
- Earthenware: A type of coarse, glazed pottery.
Verb:
- To play a stringed instrument: To perform music on an instrument like a lute or zither.
- To level or spread evenly: To make a surface flat and smooth, such as leveling earth or spreading grain thinly.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Group):
- Một đàn trâu đang gặm cỏ. (A herd of buffalo is grazing.)
- Đàn chim bay về phương nam. (A flock of birds flies south.)
- Noun (Instrument):
- Tiếng đàn nghe rất du dương. (The sound of the lute is very melodious.)
- Noun (Platform):
- Nhà sư bước lên đàn để cầu nguyện. (The monk stepped onto the altar to pray.)
- Verb (Play music):
- Ông ấy đàn bài hát cũ. (He played an old song on the lute.)
- Verb (Level/Spread):
- Người nông dân đàn thóc ra sân phơi. (The farmer spread the paddy rice thinly in the yard to dry.)
Advanced Usage
- "đàn đúm": To gather in a group, often for fun or idle chatter.
- Bọn trẻ thích đàn đúm ngoài ngõ. (The children like to gather and chat in the alley.)
- "đàn ca": To sing and play music, indicating musical performance.
- Buổi tiệc có đàn ca hát xướng. (The party had singing and musical performances.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đàn bầu (n): A traditional Vietnamese monochord instrument.
- Đàn bầu có âm thanh rất độc đáo. (The đàn bầu has a very unique sound.)
- Đàn áp (v): To oppress, to suppress (a different word, but a common compound).
- Chính quyền đàn áp cuộc biểu tình. (The government suppressed the protest.)
- Đàn piano (n): The piano (a borrowed term, "đàn" here denotes "instrument").
- Cô ấy chơi đàn piano rất giỏi. (She plays the piano very well.)
Synonyms
- Group: herd (for large animals), flock (for birds or sheep), pack (for dogs, wolves).
- Instrument: lute, zither, string instrument.
- Platform: altar, dais, podium.
- To play: to perform (music), to strum, to pluck (for string instruments).
- To level: to flatten, to smooth, to spread.
Related Idioms
- "Đàn gảy tai trâu": Literally "to play the lute for a buffalo's ears"; meaning to offer something refined to someone who cannot appreciate it (casting pearls before swine).
- Giảng đạo lý cho hắn chẳng khác nào đàn gảy tai trâu. (Preaching morals to him is like casting pearls before swine.)
- "Cá lớn nuốt cá bé, thằng bé ăn hiếp đàn em": Literally "Big fish eat small fish, the big kid bullies the younger ones"; meaning the strong dominate the weak.
noun
- flock; herd; drove musical intrument acoustic
verb
- to play music