chòng

See also: chong, chóng, chông, chồng, chōng, and chǒng

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃʰɔŋ³¹/

Noun

chòng

1. front(The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves)

   Synonym: khò

   Who is the first person?

   Chong nü shau no?

Antonyms

• phì

Verb

chòng

1. To be in front

   Nyü oh lüchong

   You go first

   I won't go first

   Ngü oh tü jǖchong e

Derived terms

• chōngchòng
• chōngchòng vèukòuh
• chōnglámpèm
• chòngnyùmòngnyù
• chóng

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• chong — nonstandard
• ĉòŋ, ĉòng, chòŋ — very rare shorthand

Romanization

chòng (chong⁴, Zhuyin ㄔㄨㄥˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 冲
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 揰
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 衚 / 胡
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 銃 / 铳
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㓼

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕawŋ͡m˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕawŋ͡m˦˩] ~ [t͡ɕɔŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cawŋ͡m˨˩]

Verb

chòng • (𧰜)

1. to tease; to bother (especially playfully)

Derived terms

• chòng ghẹo
• chòng vòng (“impatiently”)
• trêu chòng

See also

• chòng chành (“shaky”)
• chòng chọc (“fixedly; staringly”)

Noun

(classifier cái) chòng • (㮔, 緟)

1. alternative form of tròng (“ratchet wrench”)