quan

See also: quán, quàn, quân, quấn, quần, quǎn, quān, and quận

Catalan

Etymology

From (compare Occitan quan), from Latin quando (compare French quand).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkwan]
• Homophone: quant (Central)

Adverb

quan

1. when

Further reading

• “quan” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quan”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “quan” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quan” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Ido

Pronoun

quan

1. (interrogative) whom (object)

Usage notes

To ask for a subject, use qua instead.

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Kavalan

Noun

quan

1. sprout from the stump

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Mandarin

Romanization

quan

1. Nonstandard spelling of quān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of quán.
3. Nonstandard spelling of quǎn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of quàn.

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.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

quan

1. (Northern) Alternative form of whan

Etymology 2

Adverb

quan

1. Alternative form of whanne

Conjunction

quan

1. Alternative form of whanne

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan quan (compare Catalan quan), from Latin quando (compare French quand).

Adverb

quan

1. when

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Old Occitan

Adverb

quan

1. Alternative form of can

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 官 (“official”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kwaːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kwaːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [waːŋ˧˧]

Noun

quan • (官)

1. (historical) a mandarin

   Bẩm quan, con thật tình không biết ạ.

   My Lord, I frankly do not know.

2. (informal) an official

   Synonym: quan chức

Derived terms

• thăng quan tiến chức
• Quan thoại