ẩn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "an"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 隱.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔən˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔəŋ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔəŋ˨˩˦]

Adjective

ẩn

latent
(computing) hidden

Verb

ẩn

(of a person) to seclude oneself from the world
(literary) to hide oneself
(computing) to hide

Noun

ẩn

(algebra) an unknown

Usage notes

"Hide" and "hidden" may not be a computing term per se, but ẩn is chiefly used to translate them in computing contexts, as in thư mục ẩn ("hidden folder").

See also

biến (“variable”)
nghiệm (“root; zero”)

Further reading

"ẩn" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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