Vietnamese edit

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Etymology 1 edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (web, net, SV: võng). Doublet of võng and màng.

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mạng (𦀴)

  1. a spiderweb
  2. (by extension) network
    mạng đường sắtrailway network
    mạng điệnelectrical distribution network
    mạng Wi-FiWi-Fi network
  3. veil
    Vào trong nhà, bà ta bỏ cái mạng.
    Upon entering the house, she took off her veil.
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mạng

  1. (colloquial, computing) the Internet
    lên mạngto go online
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Verb edit

mạng

  1. to darn (stitch with thread)
    mạng bít tất
    to darn a sock

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from (life); this is the Southern form. Doublet of mệnh, the Northern form.

Noun edit

mạng

  1. (of an individual) life
    Tao còn một mạng.
    I have one life left.
  2. person
    Xe chẹt chết hai mạng.
    The vehicle ran over two people, killing them.
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