ẩn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "an"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 隱.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔən˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔəŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔəŋ˨˩˦]

Adjective

ẩn

1. latent
2. (computing) hidden

Verb

ẩn

1. (of a person) to seclude oneself from the world
2. (literary) to hide oneself
3. (computing) to hide

Noun

ẩn

1. Clipping of ẩn số (“mathematical 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)