kango

See also: Kango and kaŋo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑŋɡoʊ/

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

kango (plural kango)

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

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

Etymology 2

A kango (kago)

Noun

kango (plural kangos or kango)

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of kago, a suspended Japanese sedan chair.
   • 1901, Walter Dickson & al., Japan, p. 340:

     He crawled out of the kango, but could not rise off his hands and knees quickly. His servants ran away, and one man cut off his head; six or seven others hacked at his body.

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