Cần Vương
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 勤王 (“to devote to the king”), from Literary Chinese 勤王 (qínwáng), a word dated back to pre-Qin-Shi-Huang times, hence "king" rather than "emperor". Compare Japanese 勤皇 (kinnō, “devotion to the emperor”) and Japanese 勤王 (kinnō, “devotion to the king”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kən˨˩ vɨəŋ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəŋ˦˩ vɨəŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəŋ˨˩ vɨəŋ˧˧] ~ [kəŋ˨˩ jɨəŋ˧˧]
Adjective[edit]
- (historical) of the movement of Emperor Hàm Nghi's loyalists against the French
- chiếu/phong trào Cần Vương ― the Cần Vương decree/movement