kango

See also: Kango and kaŋo

English

Etymology

From Japanese 漢語 (kango かんご), from Middle Chinese 漢 (xàn "Han dynasty", "China") + 語 (ngjó "speech", "language") (compare Mandarin Hànyǔ 汉语 "Chinese").

Noun

kango (plural kango)

A Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines (a Sino-Japanese word).

Translations

a Sino-Japanese word

Japanese: 漢語 (ja) (かんご, kango)

Russian: канго́ m, n (kangó)

See also

Sino-Japanese

Anagrams

Kogan

Hausa

Noun

kangō m (plural kangaye, possessed form kangon)

A deserted, dilapidated building.
An empty container.

Japanese

Romanization

kango

Rōmaji transcription of かんご

Tok Pisin

Noun

kango

watercress

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