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Aragonese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin quandō. Compare Catalan quan.
Pronoun
quan
- when
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan quant~quand~quan~can~cant, from Latin quandō.
Pronunciation
Adverb
quan
- when
Sabeu quan arribaran?- Do you know when they will arrive?
References
Ido
Pronoun
quan
- (interrogative) whom (object)
Usage notes
To ask for a subject, use qua instead.
Kavalan
Noun
quan
- sprout from the stump
Mandarin
Romanization
quan
- Nonstandard spelling of quān.
- Nonstandard spelling of quán.
- Nonstandard spelling of quǎn.
- Nonstandard spelling of quàn.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
Etymology 1
Pronoun
quan
- (Northern) Alternative form of whan
Etymology 2
Adverb
quan
- Alternative form of whanne
Conjunction
quan
- Alternative form of whanne
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan quan (compare Catalan quan), from Latin quando (compare French quand).
Pronunciation
Adverb
quan
- when
Old Occitan
Adverb
quan
- Alternative form of can
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 官.
Noun
quan
- (historical) a mandarin
Bẩm quan, con thật tình không biết ạ.- My Lord, I frankly do not know.
- (informal) an official
- Synonym: quan chức
See also
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 貫 (“string”).
Noun
quan
- (historical) a string of six hundred coins.
Xin ông coi một đồng nầy có lỗ vuông giữa, chúng tôi quen xỏ sáu trăm đồng thể ấy cùng nhau, ấy là một quan.- Look at this penny which has a square hole in the middle, we string six hundred of these together; and these form what we call a quan or bundle.