cong

English

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Etymology

From MandarinCategory:English terms borrowed from Mandarin#CONGCategory:English terms derived from Mandarin#CONG 琮 (cóng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#CONG.

Pronunciation

Noun

cong (plural congs or cong)Category:English lemmas#CONGCategory:English nouns#CONGCategory:English countable nouns#CONGCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#CONGCategory:English indeclinable nouns#CONGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONGCategory:Pages with entries#CONGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CONG

  1. A type of carved jade tube made in China starting in the Neolithic.

Further reading

Anagrams

Mandarin

Romanization

congCategory:Hanyu Pinyin#CONG0Category:Mandarin non-lemma forms#CONG0Category:Mandarin terms with redundant script codes#CONG0Category:Mandarin entries with incorrect language header#CONG0Category:Pages with entries#CONGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CONG

  1. nonstandard spelling of cōngCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#CONG0
  2. nonstandard spelling of cóngCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#CONG0
  3. nonstandard spelling of cǒngCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#CONG0
  4. nonstandard spelling of còngCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#CONG0

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.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-AustroasiaticCategory:Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic#CONGCategory:Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Austroasiatic#CONG *koŋ (“to bend”). Cognate with Khmer កោង (kaong, “curved, be bent”) and Mon ကိုၚ် (“be bent”). See also Thai โค้ง (kóong), Chinese 弓 (cung)Category:Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#CONG.

Adjective

cong • (工, 𲥒, 弓, 𢏢, 𢏣)Category:Vietnamese lemmas#CONGCategory:Vietnamese adjectives#CONGCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#CONGCategory:Pages with entries#CONGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CONG

  1. curved, be bent
  2. (slangCategory:Vietnamese slang#CONG, colloquialCategory:Vietnamese colloquialisms#CONG) homosexual
    Synonym: thẳng
Derived terms

Noun

congCategory:Vietnamese lemmas#CONGCategory:Vietnamese nouns#CONGCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#CONGCategory:Pages with entries#CONGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CONG

  1. (calligraphyCategory:vi:Calligraphy#CONG) a stroke that is a curved line, usually concave left

Etymology 2

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of ChineseCategory:Vietnamese terms derived from Chinese#CONG 缸 (SV: cang)

    Noun

    (classifier cái, chiếc) Category:Vietnamese nouns classified by cáiCategory:Vietnamese nouns classified by chiếccong • (𡉎, 矼, 𡉖, 𱖍)Category:Vietnamese lemmas#CONGCategory:Vietnamese nouns#CONGCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#CONGCategory:Pages with entries#CONGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CONG

    1. earthenware jug
    Category:vi:Containers#CONG
    Category:Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Category:English 1-syllable words Category:English countable nouns Category:English indeclinable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English nouns with irregular plurals Category:English terms borrowed from Mandarin Category:English terms derived from Mandarin Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Hanyu Pinyin Category:Mandarin non-lemma forms Category:Mandarin nonstandard forms Category:Mandarin terms with redundant script codes Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Category:Pages with 3 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Rhymes:English/ɒŋ Category:Rhymes:English/ɒŋ/1 syllable Category:Vietnamese adjectives Category:Vietnamese colloquialisms Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese nouns Category:Vietnamese nouns classified by chiếc Category:Vietnamese nouns classified by cái Category:Vietnamese slang Category:Vietnamese terms derived from Chinese Category:Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Austroasiatic Category:Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:vi:Calligraphy Category:vi:Containers