kango

See also: Kango and kaŋo

English

Etymology

From Japanese 漢(かん)語(ご) (kango), from Middle Chinese 漢語 (MC xanH ngjoX, “Han, Chinese + speech, language”), compare modern Mandarin 漢語／汉语 (Hànyǔ, “Chinese language”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋɡoʊ/

Noun

kango (plural kango)

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

Related terms

• wasei kango

Translations

a Sino-Japanese word

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漢日詞／汉日词 (hànrìcí), 漢日語／汉日语 (hànrìyǔ)

• Japanese: 漢語 (ja) (かんご, kango)
• Korean: 한어(漢語) (ko) (haneo)
• Russian: канго́ m or n (kangó)

See also

• Sino-Japanese

Anagrams

• Kogan

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kán.ɡóː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [káŋ.ɡʷóː]

Noun

kangō m (plural kangā̀yē, possessed form kangon)

1. A deserted or dilapidated building.
2. An empty container.

Japanese

Romanization

kango

1. Rōmaji transcription of かんご

Tok Pisin

Noun

kango

1. watercress