quãng

See also: quang, Quang, quàng, quảng, Quảng, and quặng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 曠 (“to skip a session; extensive”, SV: khoáng). Doublet of khoảng.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwaːŋ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwaːŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [waːŋ˨˩˦]

Noun

quãng • (壙)

1. interval; section; space; distance

Derived terms

• cách quãng (隔曠, “intermittent”)
• đứt quãng (𢯟曠, “”)
• ngắt quãng (𫤾曠, “”)
• quãng tám (曠𠔭, “octave”)