công cán

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 公幹, composed of (public; official) and (work).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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công cán

  1. labor; work; operations
  2. (figurative) wages; income; salary
  3. (archaic) official business; government work