Cong - Wiktionary

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cong"

English

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Etymology

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From Mandarin (cóng).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tsɔŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

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cong (plural congs or cong)

  1. A type of carved jade tube made in China starting in the Neolithic.

Further reading

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  • Jade Cong by the British Museum

Anagrams

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  • cogn.

Mandarin

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Romanization

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cong

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cōng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of cóng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of cǒng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of còng.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kawŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [kɔŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kawŋ͡m˧˧]

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *koŋ (be bent); cognates include Khmer កោង (kaong, curved, be bent) and Mon ကိုၚ် (be bent). See also Thai โค้ง (kóong), Chinese (cung).

Adjective

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cong • (𡉖, 𢏣, 𢏢)

  1. curved, be bent
Derived terms
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  • bẻ cong
  • cong oằn
  • cong queo
  • cong tớn
  • khô cong
 

Noun

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cong

  1. (calligraphy) a stroke that is a curved line, usually concave left

Etymology 2

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: cang)

Noun

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(classifier cái, chiếc) cong

  1. earthenware jug

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