càng

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cang"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

càng (cang4, Zhuyin ㄘㄤˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賶

Nùng

Etymology

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Verb

càng

  1. (intransitive) to speak

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɢaːŋᴬ (“chin; jaw”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣᩤ᩠ᨦ, Lao ຄາງ (khāng), Lü ᦅᦱᧂ (kaang), Tai Dam ꪁꪱꪉ, Shan ၵၢင်း (káang), Ahom 𑜀𑜂𑜫 (kaṅ), Zhuang hangz, Bouyei haangz, Thai คาง (kaang).

Pronunciation

Noun

càng (𱓳)

  1. jaw
    càng khẻo ― set of teeth
    ả pác cặm càng ― to open one's mouth and have the jaw get in the way
  2. chin
    càng nhuốt ― beardy chin

Derived terms

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 更 (SV: cánh).

Adverb

càng • (彊, 强, 強)

  1. With a comparative or verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
    Bản nhạc này càng nghe càng thấy hay.
    The song sounds better the more you listen to it.
    khó khăn càng nhiều, quyết tâm càng cao
    to be more determined the harder it gets
  2. all the more, all the less
    Có gió, lửa càng bốc to.
    With wind, fire rages all the more.
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *gaːŋ (“crab pincers”).

Noun

càng • (强, 𫋙, 強, 乾, 窮)

  1. nipper, pincer
  2. large, strong hind leg of a locust, grasshopper, or cricket; jumping leg
  3. shaft (one of the handles of a tool, or one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle)
    càng xe bò
    oxcart shaft
    càng pháo
    limber
    tay càng của kìm cộng lực
    bolt cutter handles
  4. (slang) wing mirror (of a motorcycle)

References

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