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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
vương • (王, 𥿁)
- to cling to
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Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 王 (“king; prince”), from Middle Chinese 王. After Qin Shi Huang unified China and became the "first emperor" (in a practical sense that he founded the first Chinese empire, as well as a linguistic sense that he coined the Chinese word for "emperor", 皇帝 (huángdì)), 王 had long been demoted from "king" to "prince" (the emperor's male relative that had land) in East Asia.
Noun
vương
- (historical) an East Asian prince who was granted land by the emperor
- phong vương ― to bestow princedom
- (historical) Synonym of chúa
- (usually informal) someone who has free rein
Mày tưởng mày muốn làm vương làm tướng ở đây là được hả?- You think you're boss around here?
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