công trường
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ t͡ɕɨəŋ˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʈɨəŋ˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʈɨəŋ˨˩]
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 工場 (“factory”), from Chinese 工 (gōng, “work; labor”) + 場/场 (“field; space”).
Noun edit
- a construction site
- công trường đang thi công ― this site is under construction
Etymology 2 edit
Probably a coinage from Chinese 公 (gōng, “public”) + 場/场 which would yield "public field/space".
Noun edit
- used in the names of some squares in Ho Chi Minh City
- Công trường Công xã Paris ― Công xã Paris Square