xông

From Proto-Katuic *səəŋ. Cognate with Proto-Khmuic *səːŋ (whence O'du soːŋ) and Semelai msɔŋ; this is a Katuo-Khmuic-Aslian isogloss.

• IPA^(key): [soːŋ]

xông

1. five

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [səwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [səwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [səwŋ͡m˧˧]
• Homophone: sông

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 衝 (“to rush”, SV: xung).

xông • (衝, 𨃸)

1. to charge, to rush forward

   Xông lên!

   Charge!

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *tʃoːŋ (“to dry on fire”) (Ferlus, 2007).

xông • (㳘, 𭴤, 衝)

1. to soak (in steam or smoke)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

xông • (𠺠)

1. (of a termite) to gnaw

   Synonyms: gặm, nhấm

Borrowed from French sonde.

xông

1. catheter

   Synonyms: ống thông, ca-tê-te