quân
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Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwən˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kwəŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [wəŋ˧˧]
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Etymology 1
[edit]Sino-Vietnamese word from 軍 (“army”).
Noun
[edit]quân
Derived terms
[edit]Classifier
[edit]quân
- Used for playing cards and pieces in certain board games
- quân bồi ― a jack
- quân mã ― a horse
- (slightly literary) Used for villains, thugs, gangsters and the like
- quân côn đồ ― a thug
Etymology 2
[edit]Romanization
[edit]quân
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 君