cánh

See also: canh, Canh, cảnh, and cạnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kɛːŋʔ.

Đại Nam Quấc âm tự vị (1895) records the now obsolete form written as kiến. Considering that this dictionary is based on Southern Vietnamese when the /n > ŋ/ shift already occurred, the form intended here would be etymologically spelled as kiếng (cf. the "kiến" for "glass" entry right below). This kiếng/cánh pair represents the diphthongized and undiphthongized variants respectively, in the same vein of miếng - mánh.

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kajŋ̟˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kɛɲ˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kan˦˥]
  • Audio (Ho Chi Minh City)(file)

Noun

cánh • (𫅩, 𦑃)

  1. (anatomy) wing
  2. (botany) petal
  3. (of a star symbol) point
    sao vàng năm cánh ― a five-pointed golden star
  4. (of a football/soccer pitch/field) side
  5. (literary) clothes; clothing
    Hắn diện một bộ cánh lỗi mốt hết cỡ.
    He wears/wore a super out-of-style set of clothes.

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Classifier

cánh

  1. Indicates doors, windows, gates, kites, bows, forests and agricultural fields (of maize/corn, rice, etc.)

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