quân

See also: quan, quán, quàn, quấn, quần, quǎn, quān, and quận

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kwəŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [wəŋ˧˧]
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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 軍 (“army”).

Noun

quân

  1. troops, army
Derived terms

Classifier

quân

  1. Used for playing cards and pieces in certain board games
    quân bồi ― a jack
    quân mã ― a horse
  2. (slightly literary) Used for villains, thugs, gangsters and the like
    quân côn đồ ― a thug

Etymology 2

Romanization

quân

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 君
Derived terms
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