công

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
Homophones: Công, cong

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Vietic *k-voːŋ. Cognate with North Central Vietnamese cuông, Arem vùəŋ, Parauk kaong:, Semai kuwok, Semnam kwɔːŋ.

Compare also Chinese 孔 (OC *[k]ʰˤoŋʔ) (B-S) (SV: khổng), which might represent an Austroasiatic loan if not just a coincidence.

Alternative forms edit

(North Central Vietnam) cuông

Noun edit

(classifier con) công • (䲲, 公, 𲍜)

peafowl; peacock; peahen; peachick
Synonym: khổng tước

Con công hay múa,
Nó múa làm sao?
Nó rụt cổ vào,
Nó xòe cánh ra.
The peacock often dances,
How does he dance?
He draws his neck in,
He spreads his wings out.

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 工 (“work; labor”).

Noun edit

công

the amount of labor that will factor in your pay

Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 功 (“accomplishment”). Also from Chinese 婦功／妇功 (phụ công, “wifely competence”).

Noun edit

công

accomplishment
có công với nước ― to have achieved greatness for your homeland

Lục súc tranh công
Six Livestock Animals Arguing Who's the Hardest Worker / Who Contributes the Most
(Confucianism) competence, one of the tứ đức (“four virtues”) that women are supposed to have
(physics) work

Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 公 (“public; common; duke”).

Noun edit

công

(only in compounds) duke

Adjective edit

công

(formal or of a school) public or state-owned
Synonym: chung

Antonyms: tư, riêng

việc công ― public affairs

trường công ― a public school

Derived terms edit

Etymology 5 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 攻.

Verb edit

công

(only in compounds) to strike; to hit

Derived terms edit

Etymology 6 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 攻, borrowed from Japanese 攻め (seme).

Noun edit

công

(neologism) a top; seme (in a male same-sex relationship)
Antonym: thụ

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