đẳng

See also: đang, đáng, đắng, đảng, Đảng, and Đặng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaŋ˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 等 (“rank, grade”).

Noun

đẳng

1. (only in compounds) rank; grade; class

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cao đẳng
• đẳng cấp

 

Etymology 2

Contraction of đằng + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.

Pronoun

đẳng

1. (Southern Vietnam, colloquial) that side; that place; that way