chân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chan"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of chân – see 層 (“Classifier for things arranged in layers, storeys or levels., Classifier for events.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 層).

Muong

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ɟiːŋ (“leg, foot”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Vietnamese chân, Pacoh adyưng, Bahnar jơ̆ng, Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Mon ဇိုၚ်, Jah Hut jong, Jehai can.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cən¹/

Noun

chân

1. foot
2. leg

Derived terms

• cố chân

References

• Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎^[1], Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕən˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕəŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cəŋ˧˧]

• Audio (Saigon):

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ɟiːŋ (“leg, foot”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Muong chân, Pacoh adyưng, Bahnar jơ̆ng, Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Mon ဇိုၚ်, Jah Hut jong, Jehai can.

Attested as chên in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Final velar *-ŋ was palatalized to *-ɲ after front vowel; this new form with *-ɲ (reconstructed as Proto-Viet-Muong *ciɲ by Ferlus) then gave rise to the modern form with ‹n›. See also lên, đến, cù lần for other instances of palatalization of *-ŋ after front vowels.

Alternative forms

• (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) chơn
• (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) chưn

Noun

chân • (蹎, 真, 眞)

1. (anatomy) foot
2. leg

   Synonyms: giò, cẳng

   chân dài ― long legs

   chân dài tới nách ― (of a woman) having long, thin and sexy legs (literally, “legs extended all the way to the armpits”)

   chân ghế ― the legs of a chair

3. (of a mountain or hill) foot

   chân núi/đồi ― the foot of a mountain/hill

Derived terms

• bàn chân
• bắp chân
• cầm chân
• chân cẳng
• chân chống
• chân đăm đá chân chiêu
• chân đất
• chân gỗ
• chân tay
• chân trời
• chân vịt
• cổ chân
• gót chân
• ngón chân
• nước đến chân mới nhảy
• ống chân
• tay chân

See also

• tay (“hand; arm”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 真.

Alternative forms

• (Southern Vietnam) chơn

Noun

chân

1. (rare, chiefly philosophy or art) truth

   chân, thiện, mĩ ― Truth, Goodness, Beauty

Derived terms

• chân chất
• chân dung
• chân lí
• chân thành
• chân thật
• chân thực
• chân tướng

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χaːn/

Noun

chân

1. Aspirate mutation of cân.

Verb

chân

1. Aspirate mutation of cân.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cân

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cân	gân	nghân	chân

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.