giống
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "giong"
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *k-coːŋʔ, from a descendant of reconstructed Old Chinese 種 (OC *k.toŋʔ) when the dental stop already palatalized; non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 種 (“seed; species”, SV: chủng). Doublet of chủng.
The same sound change also yields Vietnamese giấy, from Proto-Vietic *k-cajʔ, from a descendant of ultimately Old Chinese 紙 (OC *k.teʔ).
Noun
- (usually derogatory) a human race
- (animal breeding) a breed
- (agriculture, horticulture) a cultivar
- (grammar, linguistics) gender
- (taxonomy) genus
- Synonym: chi
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
- (Taxonomy) phân loại sinh học; vực (“domain”) / liên giới (“domain”), giới (“kingdom”), ngành (“phylum”), lớp (“class”), bộ (“order”), họ (“family”), chi (“genus”) / giống (“genus”) , loài (“species”) (Category: vi:Taxonomy)
Etymology 2
Possibly derived from etymology 1.