chân

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ɟiːŋ (“leg, foot”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Vietnamese chân, Pacoh adyưng, Bahnar jơ̆ng, Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Mon ဇိုၚ်, Jah Hut jong, Jehai can.

• IPA^(key): /cən¹/

chân

1. foot
2. leg

• Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎^[1], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cəŋ˧˧]

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Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ɟiːŋ (“leg, foot”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *ʄɨːŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Muong chân, Pacoh adyưng, Bahnar jơ̆ng, Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Mon ဇိုၚ်, Jah Hut jong, Jehai can.

Attested as chên in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Final velar *-ŋ was palatalized to *-ɲ after front vowel; this new form with *-ɲ (reconstructed as Proto-Viet-Muong *ciɲ by Ferlus) then gave rise to the modern form with ‹n›. See also lên, đến, cù lần for other instances of palatalization of *-ŋ after front vowels.

• (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) chơn, chưn

chân • (蹎, 真, 眞)

1. (anatomy) foot
2. leg

   Synonyms: giò, cẳng

   chân dài ― long legs

   chân dài tới nách ― (of a woman) having long, thin and sexy legs (literally, “legs extended all the way to the armpits”)

   chân ghế ― the legs of a chair

3. (of a mountain or hill) foot

   chân núi/đồi ― the foot of a mountain/hill

• tay (“hand; arm”)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 真.

• (Southern Vietnam) chơn

chân

1. (rare, chiefly philosophy or art) truth

   chân, thiện, mĩ ― Truth, Goodness, Beauty

• IPA^(key): /χaːn/

chân

1. aspirate mutation of cân

chân

1. aspirate mutation of cân