cống

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cong"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 港 (SV: cảng).

For the vowel correspondence, compare nam vs. nôm (“South”), nạp vs. nộp (“to hand in”), hạp vs. hộp (“box”).

Noun

(classifier cái) cống • (𣹟)

  1. sewer; drain
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 貢.

Verb

cống

  1. to pay tribute
Derived terms
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