công trường

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Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ t͡ɕɨəŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʈɨəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʈɨəŋ˨˩]
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Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 工場 (factory), from Chinese (gōng, work; labor) + (field; space).

Noun[edit]

công trường

  1. a construction site
    công trường đang thi côngthis site is under construction

Etymology 2[edit]

Probably a coinage from Chinese (gōng, public) + which would yield "public field/space".

Noun[edit]

công trường (公場)

  1. used in the names of some squares in Ho Chi Minh City
    Công trường Công xã ParisCông xã Paris Square

See also[edit]