trần gian

Sino-Vietnamese word from 塵間, composed of 塵 (“dust; filth”) and 間 (“realm; domain”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕən˨˩ zaːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈəŋ˦˩ jaːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈəŋ˨˩ jaːŋ˧˧]

trần gian

1. (literary) the world of mortals, as opposed to the world of the dead underneath and the world of the gods above, similar to Midgard in Norse mythology

   Synonyms: trần thế, cõi đời

   địa ngục trần gian

   hell on earth

• bụi trần (“all the filth of the mortal world”)
• hồng trần (“the lust of humanity”)
• cát bụi (“sand and dust; part of the Earth”)
• thế gian (“the world”)
• nhân gian (“the human world”)
• địa ngục (“hell”)
• thiên giới (“the heavenly world”)