tấn

tấn

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tən˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [təŋ˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [təŋ˦˥]

Noun

tấn

1. a tonne (1000 kilograms)

See also

• tạ (“100 kg”)
• yến (“10 kg”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 進; this is the Southern form. Doublet of tiến, the Northern form.

In current written Vietnamese, only three compounds with this form are in common use: tấn tới (“progressive, advancing”), tấn công (“to attack”) and tấn phong (“to promote to a higher position”); other compounds, although abundantly attested in many texts are now replaced by the Northern form tiến in the speech of most Southerners.

Verb

tấn

1. (only in compounds) to advance; to go forward

See also

Derived terms

• cấp tấn
• tấn bộ
• tấn công
• tấn lên
• tấn phong
• tấn thối lưỡng nan
• tấn tới