chàng

• IPA^(key): /tʃʰaɪ³³lʊap³³/

chàng

1. (Patsho) To impede or obstruct flow within a conduit(e.g., pipeline) due to corrosion or other fouling mechanism.

• chang — nonstandard
• ĉàŋ, ĉàng, chàŋ — very rare shorthand

chàng (chang⁴, Zhuyin ㄔㄤˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 倡
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唱
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悵 / 怅
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 昶
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暢 / 畅
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淌
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 焻
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑋 / 玮
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 畼 / 𪽈
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誯
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韔 / 𮧴
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬯
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑒 / 玚

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [caːŋ˨˩]
• Homophone: tràng

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 郎 (“young person”, SV: lang). The same development of the initial can also be seen with chạp and possibly also chuồng (if the latter were indeed an early Chinese loan according to Alves, 2018).

chàng • (払)

1. (chiefly fiction, endearing) an admirable/lovable young/young adult man

   chàng hoàng tử ― a prince

   chuyện chàng Hậu Nghệ bắn hạ Mặt Trời ― the tale of Hou Yi, the man who shot down the Suns

   (humorous) anh chàng ― a lad; a dude

chàng

1. (archaic, now literary, chiefly fiction, women's speech, endearing) you (referring to beloved man)

   Antonyms: thiếp, ta

   • c. 1800, Hồ Xuân Hương, Đánh cờ [A Game of Xiangqi]:

     俍众妾胋陳濁

     Chàng với thiếp đêm khuya trằn trọc

     You and I, in the dead of night

2. (narratology, literary, endearing) he/him, that admirable or lovable young man
3. (literary, usually humorous, endearing) he/him, my male romantic partner

• nàng

(classifier cái) chàng

1. chisel