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Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese reading of 九萬, the name of a tổ tôm's card - i.e. the ninth (九; SV: cửu) card among the Myriads (萬; SV: vạn) suit; on that card is an illustration of a porter.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
cửu vạn
- porter
2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 233:Một tốp khách du lịch nhễ nhại trắng đi ngược chiều một dòng cửu vạn ám ám đen.- A group of white sweaty tourists crossed a line of swarthy porters.
- (by extension) other person doing such hard work as causes one to lean forward(Can we verify(+) this sense?)
References
- ^ Vương Trung Hiếu (2021) “Lắt léo chữ nghĩa: ‘Đểu cáng’ và ‘cửu vạn’ [Conundrum about Words and Meanings: ‘Đểu cáng’ and ‘cửu vạn’]”, in Thanh Niên [Young People] (in Vietnamese)