chuông

See also: chương, chướng, and chưởng

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese chuâng. Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: chung).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuəŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕuəŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cuəŋ˧˧]
  • Homophone: truông
  • (file)

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) chuông • (, )

  1. (music) a bell
    Chuông gọi hồn ai
    For Whom the Bell Tolls
    (literally, “Whose Soul Does the Bell Call On?”)
    Đeo/Treo chuông cổ mèo
    Belling the Cat
  2. (by extension) the alarm sound of a timepiece or the ringtone of a telephone
    đồng hồ/điện thoại đổ chuônga clock/phone rings
    nhạc chuônga ringtone
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