công cán

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 公幹, composed of 公 (“public; official”) and 幹 (“work”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

công cán

1. labor; work; operations
2. (figurative) wages; income; salary
3. (archaic) official business; government work