cán

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cán (can2, Zhuyin ㄘㄢˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of ,
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
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Tày

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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cán

  1. spotted; brindled

Etymology 2

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From Chinese .

Noun

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cán ()

  1. stem; trunk

References

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  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[2] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “From Proto-Vietic *kaːnʔ. Possibly non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (handle; lever, SV: can).”

Noun

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(classifier cây, cái) cán ()

  1. handle; grip; staff; lever (especially of a tool)
    • 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 3, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
      Cầm chặt cán dao trong tay, tôi bỗng thấy người mình như cao lớn hắn lên; […]
      Firmly holding the handle of the knife in my hand, I suddenly felt as if I were much taller; […]
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Verb

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cán

  1. to flatten; to crush (especially with rolling cylindrical objects)
  2. (figurative) to run over (with a vehicle)
    ...bị xe cán....got run over by a car.
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Etymology 3

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Romanization

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cán

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of
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