đơn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "don"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəːŋ˧˧]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

    Sino-Vietnamese word from .

    Noun

    đơn

    1. application, petition, request
      mẫu đơnapplication form
      điền đơnto fill out an application
      đơn đặt hàngpurchase order
      viết đơnto write an application
      đơn kiệnwritten complaint for a lawsuit
      đơn xinapplication for a request
      đơn xin việcjob application
      đệ đơn kiệnto file a lawsuit; to file a petition
      viết đơn tình nguyệnto write a volunteer application
      điền vào mẫu đơnto fill in an application form
    2. short for đơn đặt hàng (purchase order)
    3. short for đơn thuốc (prescription, written order for the provision of a medicine)
      Thầy thuốc cho đơn.
      The doctor wrote a prescription.
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    Adjective

    đơn

    1. alone, only; lonely
      Nhà đơn người.
      That side of the family is too small.
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    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (classifier cây) đơn

    1. (botany) Psychotria
      đơn trắngPsychotria asiatica
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    Etymology 3

    Noun

    đơn

    1. (medicine) a condition producing skin rashes, normally indicating hives
    2. various plant species, typically large or medium-sized, some of which are used to treat the condition above
    3. (dialectal) lymphatic filariasis

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