khoang

See also: khoáng, khoảng, and khoắng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested in Chỉ nam ngọc âm giải nghĩa (指南玉音解義, 15 cent.) as 𪞀, phonetic 光 (MC kwang) (modern SV: quang). Attested as khŏang in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xwaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰwaːŋ˧˧] ~ [xwaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰwaːŋ˧˧] ~ [xwaːŋ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cái) khoang • (桄, 𦨻, 𦪻)

  1. cavity
  2. cabin

Noun

khoang • (㘢, 桄)

  1. (zoology) ring
    quạ khoang ― collared crow
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