chân

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "chan"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of chân – see 層 (“Classifier for things arranged in layers, storeys or levels., Classifier for events.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 層).

Muong

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ɟiːŋ (“leg, foot”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Vietnamese chân, Pacoh adyưng, Bahnar jơ̆ng, Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Mon ဇိုၚ်, Jah Hut jong, Jehai can.

Pronunciation

Noun

chân

  1. foot
  2. leg

Derived terms

References

  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ɟiːŋ (“leg, foot”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Muong chân, Pacoh adyưng, Bahnar jơ̆ng, Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Mon ဇိုၚ်, Jah Hut jong, Jehai can.

Final velar *-ŋ was palatalized to *-ɲ after front vowel; this new form with *-ɲ (reconstructed as Proto-Viet-Muong *ciɲ by Ferlus) then gave rise to the modern form with ‹n›. See also lên, đến, cù lần for other instances of palatalization of *-ŋ after front vowels.

Alternative forms

  • (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) chơn
  • (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) chưn

Noun

chân • (蹎, 𧽍, 𨈃)

  1. (anatomy) a foot
  2. a leg
    Synonyms: giò, cẳng
    chân dài ― long legs
    chân dài tới nách ― (of a woman) having long, thin and sexy legs (literally, “legs extended all the way to the armpits”)
    chân ghế ― the legs of a chair
  3. (of a mountain or hill) a foot
    chân núi/đồi ― the foot of a mountain/hill
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Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 真.

Alternative forms

Noun

chân

  1. (rare, chiefly philosophy or art) truth
    chân, thiện, mĩ ― Truth, Goodness, Beauty
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Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

chân

  1. Aspirate mutation of cân.

Verb

chân

  1. Aspirate mutation of cân.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cân gân nghân chân
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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