cong
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cong"
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cong (plural congs or cong)
Further reading edit
- Jade Cong by the British Museum
Anagrams edit
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
cong
- Nonstandard spelling of cōng.
- Nonstandard spelling of cóng.
- Nonstandard spelling of cǒng.
- Nonstandard spelling of còng.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɒŋ
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kawŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [kɔŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kawŋ͡m˧˧]
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *koŋ (“be bent”); cognates include Khmer កោង (kaong, “curved, be bent”) and Mon ကိုၚ် (“be bent”). See also Thai โค้ง (kóong), Chinese 弓 (cung).
Adjective edit
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Noun edit
cong
- (calligraphy) a stroke that is a curved line, usually concave left
Etymology 2 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 缸 (SV: cang)