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cán

cán

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "can"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

can — nonstandard

Romanization

cán (can², Zhuyin ㄘㄢˊ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬠
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬱
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 慙／惭, 慚／惭
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殘／残
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淺／浅
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚎
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蝅
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠶／蚕
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠺
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蚕

Tày

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [kaːn˧˥]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [kaːn˦]

Etymology 1

Adjective

cán

spotted; brindled

Etymology 2

From Chinese 幹／干.

Noun

cán (干)

stem; trunk

References

Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[2] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːn˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːŋ˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaːŋ˦˥]

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “From Proto-Vietic *kaːnʔ. Possibly non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 桿 (“handle; lever”, SV: can).”

Noun

(classifier cây, cái) cán • (桿)

handle; grip; staff; lever (especially of a tool)
- 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 3, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
  Cầm chặt cán dao trong tay, tôi bỗng thấy người mình như cao lớn hắn lên; […]
  Firmly holding the handle of the knife in my hand, I suddenly felt as if I were much taller; […]

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 擀.

Verb

cán

to flatten; to crush (especially with rolling cylindrical objects)
(figurative) to run over (with a vehicle)
...bị xe cán. ― ...got run over by a car.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Romanization

cán

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 幹

Derived terms

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