gương

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See also: gượng

Vietnamese

gương

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (mirror, SV: kính). Doublet of kính.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 𦎛, composed of (MC si) + (MC kjang) (modern SV: and khương).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc, tấm) gương (𦎛, 𠻁, 𲊚, 󱟓)

  1. a mirror (smooth reflecting surface)
    Gương kia ngự ở trên tường
    Thế gian ai đẹp được dường như ta?
    Mirror, mirror on the wall
    Who is the fairest of them all?
  2. (tấm ~) an example; a role model
    gương người tốt, việc tốtan example of good people doing good things
  3. (Central Vietnam) eyeglasses
    Synonyms: kính, kiếng

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