càng
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Mandarin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- cang — nonstandard
- càŋ — very rare shorthand
Romanization
[edit]- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賶
Nùng
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
[edit]càng
- (intransitive) to speak
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 更 (SV: cánh).
Adverb
[edit]- With a comparative or verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
- Bản nhạc này càng nghe càng thấy hay.
- The song sounds better the more you listen to it.
- khó khăn càng nhiều, quyết tâm càng cao
- to be more determined the harder it gets
- all the more, all the less
- Có gió, lửa càng bốc to.
- With wind, fire rages all the more.
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *gaːŋ (“crab pincers”).
Noun
[edit]- nipper, pincer
- large, strong hind leg of a locust, grasshopper, or cricket; jumping leg
- shaft (one of the handles of a tool, or one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle)
- càng xe bò
- oxcart shaft
- càng pháo
- tay càng của kìm cộng lực
- bolt cutter handles
- (slang) wing mirror (of a motorcycle)
References
[edit]- "càng" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
- Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)
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