kango

See also: Kango and kaŋo

English

Etymology

From Japanese 漢語(かんご) (kango), from Middle Chinese 漢語 (MC xanH ngjoX, “Han, Chinese + speech, language”), compare modern Mandarin 漢語／汉语 (Hànyǔ, “Chinese language”).

Noun

kango (plural kango)

1. A Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines (a Sino-Japanese word).

Translations

a Sino-Japanese word

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漢日詞／汉日词 (hànrìcí), 汉日词 (hànrìcí), 漢日語／汉日语 (hànrìyǔ), 汉日语 (hànrìyǔ)

• Japanese: 漢語 (ja) (かんご, kango)
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• Korean: 한어 (ko) (haneo) (漢語 (ko))
• Russian: канго́ m or n (kangó)

See also

• Sino-Japanese

Anagrams

• Kogan

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Hausa

Noun

kangō m (plural kangaye, possessed form kangon)

1. A deserted, dilapidated building.
2. An empty container.

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Japanese

Romanization

kango

1. Rōmaji transcription of かんご

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Tok Pisin

Noun

kango

1. watercress