cong

See also: cóng, còng, cõng, cōng, cộng, and Cong.

Mandarin

Romanization

cong

Nonstandard spelling of cōng.
Nonstandard spelling of cóng.
Nonstandard spelling of còng.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *koŋ (“be bent”); cognates include Khmer កោង (kaong, “curved, be bent”) and Mon ကိုၚ် (“be bent”). See also Thai โค้ง (kóong), Chinese 弓 (cung).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kawŋ͡m˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kawŋ͡m˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kawŋ͡m˧˧]

Adjective

cong (𡉖, 𢏣, 𢏢) (fully reduplicated form cong cong)

curved, be bent

Derived terms

Terms derived from cong

bẻ cong

cong cớn

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