chuang

See also: Chuang, chuāng, chuáng, chuǎng, chuàng, and chuâng

Mandarin

Romanization

chuang

1. nonstandard spelling of chuāng
2. nonstandard spelling of chuáng
3. nonstandard spelling of chuǎng
4. nonstandard spelling of chuàng

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tsuaŋ (“to mount, sit on”).

Verb

chuang (stem II chuan)

1. to be, sit on top of something
2. to mount, get on

   sakawr chuan ― mounting a horse

3. to be in excess, in surplus

Adverb

chuang

1. more than, over (some amount)

   naupang 6,000 chuang ― over 6000 children

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “chuang”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin 床 (chuáng).

Noun

chuang

1. bed

References

• Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun‎^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN