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quan

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin quandō. Compare Catalan quan.

Pronoun

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quan

  1. when

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan quant~quand~quan~can~cant, from Latin quandō.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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quan

  1. when
    Sabeu quan arribaran?
    Do you know when they will arrive?

References

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Ido

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Pronoun

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quan

  1. (interrogative) whom (object)

Usage notes

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To ask for a subject, use qua instead.

Kavalan

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Noun

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quan

  1. sprout from the stump

Mandarin

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Romanization

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quan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of quān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of quán.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of quǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of quàn.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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quan

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of whan

Etymology 2

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Adverb

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quan

  1. Alternative form of whanne

Conjunction

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quan

  1. Alternative form of whanne

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan quan (compare Catalan quan), from Latin quando (compare French quand).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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quan

  1. when

Old Occitan

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Adverb

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quan

  1. Alternative form of can

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun

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quan

  1. (historical) a mandarin
    Bẩm quan, con thật tình không biết ạ.
    My Lord, I frankly do not know.
  2. (informal) an official
    Synonym: quan chức
See also
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (string).

Noun

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quan

  1. (historical) a string of six hundred coins.
    Xin ông coi một đồng nầy có lỗ vuông giữa, chúng tôi quen xỏ sáu trăm đồng thể ấy cùng nhau, ấy là một quan.
    Look at this penny which has a square hole in the middle, we string six hundred of these together; and these form what we call a quan or bundle.