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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Muong

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cən¹/

Noun

chân

1. foot
2. leg

Derived terms

• cố chân

 

References

• Nguyễn Văn Khang; Bùi Chỉ; Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

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Etymology 1

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

Final velar *-ŋ was palatalized to *-ɲ after front vowel; this new form with *-ɲ (reconstructed as Proto-Viet-Muong *ciɲ by Ferlus) then gave rise to the modern form with ‹n›. See also lên, đến, cù lần for other instances of palatalization of *-ŋ after front vowels.

Alternative forms

• (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) chơn
• (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) chưn

Noun

chân • (蹎, 𧽍, 𨈃)

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

See also

Derived terms

• bàn chân
• bắp chân
• cầm chân
• chân cẳng
• chân chống
• chân đăm đá chân chiêu
• chân gỗ
• chân trời
• chân vịt
• cổ chân
• gót chân
• ngón chân
• tay chân

 

See also

• tay (“hand; arm”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 真.

Alternative forms

• (Southern Vietnam) chơn

Noun

chân

1. (rare, chiefly philosophy or art) truth

   chân, thiện, mĩ ― Truth, Goodness, Beauty

See also

Derived terms

• chân chất
• chân dung
• chân lí
• chân thành
• chân thật
• chân thực
• chân tướng

 

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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.