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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 機關.
The modern senses are from Japanese 機関 (kikan), while the obsolete sense of "mechanics, mechanism" is directly from Middle Chinese 機關 (kɨi kˠuan).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəː˧˧ kwaːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəː˧˧ kwaːŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəː˧˧ waːŋ˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file) Audio (Saigon): (file)
Noun
[edit]- (obsolete) mechanism; mechanics
- 13th century, Trần Nhân Tông, Cư Trần lạc đạo phú 居塵樂道賦, 第九會 Đệ cửu hội:
- 丕朱咍
機關祖教
雖恪饒塘
庄隔某剛- Vậy cho hay:
Cơ quan tổ giáo,
Tuy khác nhiều đàng,
Chẳng cách mấy gang. - Thus you should know that:
The teachings of the Patriarchs,
While they differ in many regards,
They are not fundamentally different.
- Vậy cho hay:
- a government institution
- a white-collar workplace
- Bữa nào bố cho con lên cơ quan chơi nhe.
- I'll bring you to work some time.
- (biology, anatomy) an organ
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