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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Middle Vietnamese chuâng. Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鐘 (SV: chung).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cái, chiếc) chuông • (鍾, 鐘)
- (music) a bell
Chuông gọi hồn ai- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- (literally, “Whose Soul Does the Bell Call On?”)
Đeo/Treo chuông cổ mèo- Belling the Cat
- (by extension) the alarm sound of a timepiece or the ringtone of a telephone
- đồng hồ/điện thoại đổ chuông ― a clock/phone rings
- nhạc chuông ― a ringtone