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Mandarin
Alternative forms
Romanization
hàng (hang4, Zhuyin ㄏㄤˋ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 巷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 栾
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 沃
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笐
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 衉
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 酐
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頏／颃
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 行. Doublet of hạnh. Cognate with Thai ห้าง (hâang), Lao ຫ້າງ (hāng), Khmer ហាង (haang).
Noun
hàng
- goods; product; merchandise; freight; cargo
- shop; store
- line; row; queue
- xếp hàng ― to form a line
- (writing) line; row
- Synonym: dòng
- (arithmetic) an integer place
- Coordinate term: phần (“decimal place”)
- hàng đơn vị ― the ones place
- hàng chục ― the tens place
- hàng trăm ― the hundreds place
- hàng nghìn ― the thousands place
- (euphemistic, humorous) female breasts or nether region
- lộ hàng ― to have a nip slip or to show one's panties or genitalia accidentally
Etymology 2
Likely related to hằng (恒/恆)
Adjective
hàng
- (before nouns, especially noun phrases with words of number) numerous
- hàng giờ ― many hours
- hàng chục / tá người ― tens / dozens of people
- hàng ngàn năm ― thousands of years
- Eggcorn of hằng (“every (week, month, year, etc.)”).
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 降.
Verb
hàng
- to surrender; to capitulate