Cần Vương

Vietnamese edit

Cần Vương movement on Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 勤王 (“to devote to the king”), from Literary Chinese 勤王 (qínwáng), a word dated back to pre-Qin-Shi-Huang times, hence "king" rather than "emperor". Compare Japanese 勤皇 (kinnō, “devotion to the emperor”) and Japanese 勤王 (kinnō, “devotion to the king”).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kən˨˩ vɨəŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəŋ˦˩ vɨəŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəŋ˨˩ vɨəŋ˧˧] ~ [kəŋ˨˩ jɨəŋ˧˧]

Adjective edit

Cần Vương

(historical) of the movement of Emperor Hàm Nghi's loyalists against the French
chiếu/phong trào Cần Vương ― the Cần Vương decree/movement