chàng

See also: chang, Chang, cháng, chāng, chẳng, and chǎng

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• chang — nonstandard
• ĉàŋ, ĉàng, chàŋ — very rare shorthand

Romanization

chàng (chang⁴, Zhuyin ㄔㄤˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 倡
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唱
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 悵／怅
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 昶
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暢／畅
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淌
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 焻
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑋／玮
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 畼／𪽈
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 誯
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韔／𮧴
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬯
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瑒／玚

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːŋ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [caːŋ˨˩]
• Homophone: tràng

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 郎 (“young person”, SV: lang). The same development of the initial can also be seen with chạp and possibly also chuồng (if the latter were indeed an early Chinese loan according to Alves, 2018).

Noun

chàng • (払)

1. (chiefly fiction, endearing) an admirable/lovable young/young adult man

   chàng hoàng tử ― a prince

   chuyện chàng Hậu Nghệ bắn hạ Mặt Trời ― the tale of Hou Yi, the man who shot down the Suns

   (humorous) anh chàng ― a lad; a dude

Derived terms

Derived terms

• anh chàng
• nghề của chàng

 

Pronoun

chàng

1. (archaic, now literary, chiefly fiction, women's speech, endearing) you (referring to beloved man)

   Antonyms: thiếp, ta

   • c. 1800, Hồ Xuân Hương, Đánh cờ [A Game of Xiangqi]:

     俍众妾胋陳濁

     Chàng với thiếp đêm khuya trằn trọc

     You and I, in the dead of night

2. (narratology, literary, endearing) he/him, that admirable or lovable young man
3. (literary, usually humorous, endearing) he/him, my male romantic partner

See also

• nàng

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cái) chàng

1. chisel