tân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tan"

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of tân – see 陳 (“to exhibit; to display; to explain; etc.”).
(This character, tân, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 陳.)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 新 (“new”), from Middle Chinese 新 (sin).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tân

  1. (humorous) virgin
    gái tân
    a virgin girl or woman
    trai tân
    a virgin boy or man

Prefix

tân

  1. used in the titles of modern serialized East Asian works of fiction to mean "this series is a reboot/remake/reimagining, or it tells a brand new story arc"
    Tân Dòng sông ly biệt
    Romance in the Rain
    (literally, “New River of Farewell”)
    Tân Thiết quyền tiểu tử
    New Ironfist Chinmi

Derived terms
Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *teɸnets (“fire”) (compare Old Irish teine, Cornish and Breton tan), from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“be warm”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taːn/

Noun

tân m (plural tanau)

  1. fire

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
tân dân nhân thân
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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