kango

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See also: Kango and kaŋo

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Japanese (かん)() (kango), from Middle Chinese 漢語 (MC xanH ngjoX, “Han, Chinese + speech, language”), compare modern Mandarin 漢語汉语 (Hànyǔ, “Chinese language”).

Noun

kango (plural kango)

  1. A Sino-Japanese word, a Japanese word of Chinese origin or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines.
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Etymology 2

A kango (kago)

Noun

kango (plural kangos or kango)

  1. (uncommon) Alternative form of kago, a suspended Japanese sedan chair.
    • 1901, Walter Dickson & al., Japan, p. 340:
      He crawled out of the kango, but could not rise off his hands and knees quickly. His servants ran away, and one man cut off his head; six or seven others hacked at his body.

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Pronunciation

Noun

kangō m (plural kangā̀yē, possessed form kangon)

  1. A deserted or dilapidated building.
  2. An empty container.

Japanese

Romanization

kango

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かんご

Tok Pisin

Noun

kango

  1. watercress