cơ quan

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 機關.

The modern senses are from Japanese 機関 (kikan), while the obsolete sense of "mechanics, mechanism" is directly from Middle Chinese 機關 (kɨi kˠuan).

Pronunciation

Noun

quan

  1. (obsolete) mechanism; mechanics
    • 13th century, Trần Nhân Tông, Cư Trần lạc đạo phú 居塵樂道賦, 第九會 Đệ cửu hội:
      丕朱咍
      機關祖教
      雖恪饒塘
      庄隔某剛
      Vậy cho hay:
      Cơ quan tổ giáo,
      Tuy khác nhiều đàng,
      Chẳng cách mấy gang.
      Thus you should know that:
      The teachings of the Patriarchs,
      While they differ in many regards,
      They are not fundamentally different.
  2. a government institution
  3. a white-collar workplace
    Bữa nào bố cho con lên cơ quan chơi nhe.
    I'll bring you to work some time.
  4. (biology, anatomy) an organ