đẳng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dang"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaŋ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaŋ˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 等 (“rank, grade”).

Noun

đẳng

1. (martial arts, board games) dan

   nhất đẳng/đẳng 1

   1 dan; shodan

   Murata/Suzuki bảy/thất đẳng

   7-dan Murata/Suzuki

Derived terms

• bình đẳng (平等)
• cao đẳng (高等)
• đẳng cấp
• đẳng thức (等式)
• lễ Các Đẳng
• lễ Các Đẳng Linh Hồn

 

Etymology 2

Contraction of đằng + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.

Pronoun

đẳng

1. (Southern Vietnam, colloquial) that side; that place; that way