giống

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by 27.68.39.22 (talk) as of 15:32, 15 December 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: gióng and giọng

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia vi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-coːŋʔ, non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (seed; species, SV: chủng). Doublet of chủng.

Noun

giống (𥞖, 𥠭, 𧀑)

  1. (usually derogatory) a human race
  2. (animal breeding) a breed
  3. (agriculture, horticulture) a cultivar
  4. (grammar, linguistics) gender
    tương hợp giống và số
    grammatical agreement
    (literally, “compatibility on gender and number”)
    giống đực
    the masculine gender
    giống cái
    the feminine gender

Derived terms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

giống (𠏳)

  1. to be alike, to be similar

Adjective

giống (𠏳)

  1. be alike, be similar