công

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cong"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • Homophones: Công, cong
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-voːŋ. Cognate with North Central Vietnamese cuông, Arem vùəŋ, Parauk kaong:, Semai kuwok, Semnam kwɔːŋ.

Compare also Chinese (OC *[k]ʰˤoŋʔ) (B-S) (SV: khổng), which might represent an Austroasiatic loan if not just a coincidence.

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) cuông

Noun

(classifier con) công • (, , 𲍜)

  1. peafowl; peacock; peahen; peachick
    Synonym: khổng tước
    • 1992, “Con Công [The Peacock]”, Unknown (lyrics), Y Vân (music)‎[1]performed by Ngọc Linh:
      Con công hay múa,
      Nó múa làm sao?
      Nó rụt cổ vào,
      Nó xòe cánh ra.
      The peacock often dances,
      How does he dance?
      He draws his neck in,
      He spreads his wings out.

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from (work; labor).

Noun

công

  1. the amount of labor that will factor in one's pay
    ngày côngworking day
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from (accomplishment). Also from Chinese 婦功 / 妇功 (phụ công, wifely competence).

Noun

công

  1. accomplishment
    công với nướcto have achieved greatness for one's homeland
    Lục súc tranh công
    Six Livestock Animals Arguing Who Works the Hardest / Who Contributes the Most
  2. (Confucianism) competence, one of the tứ đức (four virtues) that women are supposed to have
  3. (physics) work
    Công thực hiện bởi một lực không đổi là đại lượng đo bằng tích độ lớn của lực và hình chiếu của độ dời điểm đặt trên phương của lực.
    The work done by a constant force is the quantity measured by the product of the amount of force times the projection of the displacement of the point material placed on the direction of the force.
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from (public; common; duke).

Noun

công

  1. (only in compounds) duke

Adjective

công

  1. (formal or of a school) public or state-owned
    Synonym: chung
    Antonyms: , riêng
    việc côngpublic affairs
    trường cônga public school
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Etymology 5

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

As a neologism, borrowed from Japanese 攻め (seme).

Noun

công

  1. (neologism) top; seme (in a male same-sex relationship)
    Antonym: thụ

Romanization

công

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
Derived terms