công cán

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 公幹, composed of 公 (“public; official”) and 幹 (“work”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kaːn˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kaːŋ˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ kaːŋ˦˥]

Noun

công cán

  1. labor; work; operations
  2. (figurative) wages; income; salary
  3. (archaic) official business; government work
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