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chân

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Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions of chân – see (“Classifier for things arranged in layers, storeys or levels., Classifier for events.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of ).

Muong

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ɟiːŋ (leg, foot), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (leg, foot). Cognate with Vietnamese chân, Pacoh adyưng, Bahnar jơ̆ng, Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Mon ဇိုၚ်, Jah Hut jong, Jehai can.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chân

  1. foot
  2. leg

Derived terms

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References

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  • Nguyễn Văn Khang; Bùi Chỉ; Hoàng Văn Hành (2002), Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)[1], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ɟiːŋ (leg, foot), from Proto-Austroasiatic *ʄɨːŋ (leg, foot). Cognate with Muong chân, Pacoh adyưng, Bahnar jơ̆ng, Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Mon ဇိုၚ်, Jah Hut jong, Jehai can.

Attested as chên in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Final velar *-ŋ was palatalized to *-ɲ after front vowel; this new form with *-ɲ (reconstructed as Proto-Viet-Muong *ciɲ by Ferlus) then gave rise to the modern form with ‹n›. See also lên, đến, cù lần for other instances of palatalization of *-ŋ after front vowels.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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chân (, , )

  1. (anatomy) foot
  2. leg
    Synonyms: giò, cẳng
    chân dàilong legs
    chân dài tới nách(of a woman) having long, thin and sexy legs (literally, “legs extended all the way to the armpits”)
    chân ghếthe legs of a chair
  3. (of a mountain or hill) foot
    chân núi/đồithe foot of a mountain/hill
Derived terms
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See also

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Etymology 2

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    Sino-Vietnamese word from .

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    Noun

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    chân

    1. (rare, chiefly philosophy or art) truth
      chân, thiện, mĩTruth, Goodness, Beauty
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    Welsh

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    chân

    1. aspirate mutation of cân

    Verb

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    chân

    1. aspirate mutation of cân

    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of cân
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    cân gân nghân chân

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.