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chàng

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See also: chang, Chang, cháng, chāng, chẳng, and chǎng

Mandarin

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Romanization

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chàng (chang4, Zhuyin ㄔㄤˋ)

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (young person, SV: lang). The same development of the initial can also be seen with chạp and possibly also chuồng (if the latter were indeed an early Chinese loan according to Alves, 2018).

Noun

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chàng ()

  1. (chiefly fiction, endearing) an admirable/lovable young/young adult man
    chàng hoàng tửa prince
    chuyện chàng Hậu Nghệ bắn hạ Mặt Trờithe tale of Hou Yi, the man who shot down the Suns
    (humorous) anh chànga lad; a dude
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Pronoun

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chàng

  1. (archaic, now literary, chiefly fiction, women's speech, endearing) you (referring to beloved man)
    Antonyms: thiếp, ta
    • c. 1800, Hồ Xuân Hương, Đánh cờ [A Game of Xiangqi]:
      众妾胋陳濁
      Chàng với thiếp đêm khuya trằn trọc
      You and I, in the dead of night
  2. (narratology, literary, endearing) he/him, that admirable or lovable young man
  3. (literary, usually humorous, endearing) he/him, my male romantic partner

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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(classifier cái) chàng

  1. chisel