sông

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "song"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of sông – see 倯 (“lazy; foolish; etc.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 倯).

Vietnamese

sông
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Alternative forms

  • (abbreviation) sg.
  • (Northeastern Vietnam) thông

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-roːŋ (“river”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋ ~ ruuŋ ~ ruəŋ (“river”). Cognate with Muong không (“river”), Bahnar krong (“river”), Pacoh cruang (“country; area, river valley”), Mon ကြုၚ် (krɜŋ, “small river, creek”).

Doublet of giang. Related to Chinese 江 (OC *kˤroŋ) (B-S) (SV: giang) and Acehnese kruëng.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier dòng, con) sông • (滝, 瀧, 𪷹)

  1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Synonyms

  • (Sino-Vietnamese, in compounds) giang; hà
  • (North Central Vietnam) rào

See also

Derived terms

References

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