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Tày
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
canh
- full; satiated
- Synonym: câư
- pảng canh ― full stomach
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Vietnamese canh.
Noun
canh (更)
- guard
- one of the five two-hour periods at night
References
- 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
Sino-Vietnamese word from 羹.
Noun
canh
- vegetable soup
- (uncommon) broth (water in which food has been boiled)
Verb
canh
- (transitive) to simmer liquid until it is thick enough.
- canh thuốc ― simmer traditional medicine
- canh mật ― simmer honey
Derived terms
See also
- cái (“solid food in broth”)
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 經.
Noun
canh
- (obsolete, weaving) warp (the threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric)
- Antonym: chỉ (“weft; woof”)
- canh tơ chỉ vải ― silk warp and cotton weft
- (obsolete) Synonym of kinh (“Chinese classic; sacred text of a certain religion”)
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 更.
Verb
canh
- to watch, to guard
Noun
canh
- (historical) a unit of time equal to one-fifth of the period from sunset to sunrise
Derived terms