càng
Mandarin
Romanization
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 更 (SV: cánh).
Adverb
- With a comparative or verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
- Bản nhạc càng nghe càng thấy hay.
- The song sounds better the more you listen to it.
- khó khăn càng nhiều, quyết tâm càng cao
- to be more determined the harder it gets
- Bản nhạc càng nghe càng thấy hay.
- all the more, all the less
- Có gió, lửa càng bốc to.
- With wind, fire rages all the more.
- Có gió, lửa càng bốc to.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *gaːŋ (“crab pincers”).
Noun
- nipper, pincer
- large, strong hind leg of a locust, grasshopper, or cricket; jumping leg
- shaft (one of the handles of a tool, or one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle)
- càng xe bò
- oxcart shaft
- càng pháo
- tay càng của kìm cộng lực
- bolt cutter handles
- càng xe bò
- (slang) wing mirror (of a motorcycle)
References
- "càng" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
- Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)