canh

See also: Canh, cánh, cảnh, and cạnh

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [kajŋ̟˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [kajŋ̟˦]

Etymology 1

Adjective

canh

1. full; satiated

   Synonym: câư

   pảng canh ― full stomach

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese canh.

Noun

canh (更)

1. guard
2. one of the five two-hour periods at night

References

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[2] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kajŋ̟˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛɲ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kan˧˧]

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 羹.

Noun

canh

1. vegetable soup
2. (uncommon) broth (water in which food has been boiled)

Verb

canh

1. (transitive) to simmer liquid until it is thick enough.

   canh thuốc ― simmer traditional medicine

   canh mật ― simmer honey

Derived terms

• bánh canh
• canh bún
• canh chua
• con sâu làm rầu nồi canh
• kén cá chọn canh
• tiết canh

See also

• cái (“solid food in broth”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 經.

Noun

canh

1. (obsolete, weaving) warp (the threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric)

   Antonym: chỉ (“weft; woof”)

   canh tơ chỉ vải ― silk warp and cotton weft

2. (obsolete) Synonym of kinh (“Chinese classic; sacred text of a certain religion”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 更.

Verb

canh

1. to watch, to guard

Noun

canh

1. (historical) a unit of time equal to one-fifth of the period from sunset to sunrise

Derived terms

• canh chừng
• canh gác
• canh giữ
• canh me
• canh phòng