còng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cong"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

  • cong — nonstandard
  • còŋ — very rare shorthand

Romanization

còng (cong4, Zhuyin ㄘㄨㄥˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欉
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 藂
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謥 / 𰶂

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kawŋ͡m˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kawŋ͡m˦˩] ~ [kɔŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kawŋ͡m˨˩]

Etymology 1

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Noun

(classifier con) còng • (蚣) (phonemic reduplicative còng còng)

  1. crabs of genus Uca

Etymology 2

Compare Proto-Katuic *kɔŋ (“bracelet”) (whence Pacoh cóng (“bracelet”)) and Proto-Bahnaric *kɔːŋ (“bracelet”) (whence Bahnar kong (“bracelet”)).

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) còng • (栱)

  1. handcuffs
    còng số 8 ― (8-shaped) handcuffs

Verb

còng

  1. to put handcuffs (on the wrists)
    Còng tay hắn lại!
    Handcuff him! / Restrain him with handcuffs!

Etymology 3

Related to cong.

Adjective

còng • (𲄢, 窮, 工)

  1. hunchbacked
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