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công

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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˧˧]
Homophones: Công, cong
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-voːŋ. Cognate with North Central Vietnamese cuông, Arem vùəŋ, Parauk kaong:, Semai kuwok, Semnam kwɔːŋ.

Compare also Chinese 孔 (OC *[k]ʰˤoŋʔ) (B-S) (SV: khổng), which might represent an Austroasiatic loan if not just a coincidence.

Alternative forms

(North Central Vietnam) cuông

Noun

(classifier con) công • (䲲, 公, 𲍜)

peafowl; peacock; peahen; peachick
Synonym: khổng tước
- 1992, “Con Công [The Peacock]”, Unknown (lyrics), Y Vân (music)‎^[1]performed by Ngọc Linh:
  Con công hay múa,
  Nó múa làm sao?
  Nó rụt cổ vào,
  Nó xòe cánh ra.
  The peacock often dances,
  How does he dance?
  He draws his neck in,
  He spreads his wings out.

Derived terms

nem công chả phượng

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 工 (“work; labor”).

Noun

công

the amount of labor that will factor in one's pay
ngày công ― working day

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 功 (“accomplishment”). Also from Chinese 婦功 / 妇功 (phụ công, “wifely competence”).

Noun

công

accomplishment
có công với nước ― to have achieved greatness for one's homeland

Lục súc tranh công
Six Livestock Animals Arguing Who Works the Hardest / Who Contributes the Most
(Confucianism) competence, one of the tứ đức (“four virtues”) that women are supposed to have
(physics) work
Công thực hiện bởi một lực không đổi là đại lượng đo bằng tích độ lớn của lực và hình chiếu của độ dời điểm đặt trên phương của lực.
The work done by a constant force is the quantity measured by the product of the amount of force times the projection of the displacement of the point material placed on the direction of the force.

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Sino-Vietnamese word from 公 (“public; common; duke”).

Noun

công

(only in compounds) duke

Adjective

công

(formal or of a school) public or state-owned
Synonym: chung

Antonyms: tư, riêng

việc công ― public affairs

trường công ― a public school

Derived terms

Etymology 5

Sino-Vietnamese word from 攻.

As a neologism, borrowed from Japanese 攻め (seme).

Noun

công

(neologism) top; seme (in a male same-sex relationship)
Antonyms: thụ, bot

Romanization

công

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 攻

Derived terms

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