cống

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cong"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəwŋ͡m˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəwŋ͡m˦˥]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 港 (SV: cảng).

For the vowel correspondence, compare nam vs. nôm (“South”), nạp vs. nộp (“to hand in”), hạp vs. hộp (“box”).

Noun

(classifier cái) cống • (𣹟)

sewer; drain

Derived terms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 貢.

Verb

cống

to pay tribute

Derived terms

Derived terms

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