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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare chẳng.
Adverb
chăng • (庄, 𠦓, 丕)
- (archaic) not any, not even
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盃固蔑念庒女豸
道濫昆免道濫碎- Bui có một niềm chăng nỡ trại,
Đạo làm con miễn đạo làm tôi. - I only have this one sentiment: I dare not even neglect
My duty as a child and my duty as a subject.
- (often in rhetorical questions) is it that; is it; surely
2018 January 18, “Có hoàn cảnh văn chương nào khốc liệt như ở Việt Nam chăng?”, in Tuổi Trẻ Online:Có hoàn cảnh văn chương nào khốc liệt như ở Việt Nam chăng?- Is there a literary situation as fierce as that in Vietnam?
Particle
chăng
- (rare) Synonym of chăng nữa
Etymology 2
This is the form that did not undergo lenition.
Verb
chăng • (張)
- Alternative form of giăng (“to stretch; to spread”)
Nhện chăng tơ.- A spider is spinning its web.