giống

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-coːŋʔ, from a descendant of reconstructed Old Chinese (OC *k.toŋʔ) when the dental stop already palatalized; non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (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 (OC *k.teʔ).

Noun

giống (𥞖, 𥠭, 𧀑)

  1. (usually derogatory) a human race
  2. (animal breeding) a breed
  3. (agriculture, horticulture) a cultivar
  4. (grammar, linguistics) gender
    tương hợp giống và sốgrammatical agreement (literally, “compatibility on gender and number”)
    giống đựcthe masculine gender
    giống cáithe feminine gender
  5. (taxonomy) genus
    Synonym: chi
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Etymology 2

Possibly derived from etymology 1.

Verb

giống (𠏳)

  1. to be alike, to be similar

Adjective

giống (𠏳)

  1. be alike, be similar