đông

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "dong"

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Etymology

Compare Koho pödung (“to float”) and Eastern Cham ꨯꨙꩂ (đong).

Pronunciation

Verb

đông

  1. to float

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 冬 (“winter”).

Noun

đông

  1. winter
    Synonym: mùa đông
    vụ đông xuân ― the winter-spring cultivation season
    xuân hạ thu đông ― spring, summer, autumn, winter
Derived terms

See also

Seasons in Vietnamese · bốn mùa (“four seasons”) (layout · text) · category
xuân (“spring”) hè, hạ (“summer”) thu (“fall; autumn”) đông (“winter”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 東 (“east”).

Noun

đông

  1. the east
    đông tây nam bắc ― east, west, south, north
    đông bắc ― northeast
    đông đông bắc ― east-northeast
Coordinate terms
tây bắc (西北) bắc (北) đông bắc (東北)
tây (西) đông (東)
tây nam (西南) nam (南) đông nam (東南)


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Etymology 3

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 凍 (“freeze”, SV: đống).

Verb

đông

  1. to congeal; to coagulate; to freeze
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Adjective

đông • (𬨮)

  1. crowded; populous; densely populated
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