tượng

See also: tường, tướng, tưởng, and tương

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɨəŋ˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tɨəŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɨəŋ˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 像.

Noun

(classifier bức, pho) tượng

  1. statue; sculpture
    Cô ta đứng yên như pho tượng.
    She stands like a statue.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 象.

Alternative forms

Noun

(classifier con) tượng

  1. (rare, possibly fossil) elephant(Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    Synonym: voi
    quản tượng ― mahout (literally, “elephant manager”)
  2. (xiangqi) elephant, a piece labeled with the characters 象 (xiàng, black) and 相 (tướng, red)
  3. (by extension, chess) bishop
See also
Chess pieces in Vietnamese · quân cờ vua (layout · text)
vua hậu xe, xa tượng, tịnh mã tốt, chốt
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