chân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chan"

Min Nan

For pronunciation and definitions of chân – see 層 (“Classifier for things arranged in layers, storeys or levels., Classifier for events.”). (This character, chân, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 層.)

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cəŋ˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ɟiːŋ (“leg, foot”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Bahnar jơ̆ng, Mon ဇိုၚ်, Jah Hut jong, Jehai can.

Final *-ŋ was palatalized to *-ɲ after front vowel; this new form with *-ɲ (reconstructed as Proto-Viet-Muong *ciɲ by Ferlus) then gave birth to the modern form with ‹n›. This process can also be seen in lên.

Noun

chân • (蹎)

1. (anatomy) a foot
2. a leg

   Synonyms: giò, cẳng

   chân dài

   long legs

   chân dài tới nách

   (of a woman) having long, thin and sexy legs

   (literally, “legs extended all the way to the armpits”)

   chân ghế

   the legs of a chair

3. (of a mountain or hill) the lowest circumscribing area

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bắp chân
• cầm chân
• chân cẳng
• chân chống
• chân đăm đá chân chiêu
• chân gỗ
• chân trời
• gót chân
• tay chân

 

See also

• tay (“hand; arm”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 真

Noun

chân

1. (rare, chiefly philosophy or art) truth

   chân, thiện, mĩ

   Truth, Goodness, Beauty

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chân dung
• chân lí
• chân thành
• chân thật
• chân thực

 

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χaːn/

Noun

chân

1. Aspirate mutation of cân.

Verb

chân

1. Aspirate mutation of cân.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cân	gân	nghân	chân
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.