"cán" meaning in Vietnamese

See cán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kaːn˧˦] [Hà-Nội], [kaːŋ˦˧˥] [Huế], [kaːŋ˦˥] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City] Forms: cây [classifier], cái [classifier], [CJK]
Etymology templates: {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*kaːnʔ}} Proto-Vietic *kaːnʔ, {{m|vi|can}} can, {{der|vi|zh|桿//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">can</i>|t=handle; lever|tr=-}} Chinese 桿 (“handle; lever”, SV: can), {{vi-etym-sino|桿|handle; lever|can|hv=n|nocap=y}} non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 桿 (“handle; lever”, SV: can) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=桿}} cán • (桿), {{vi-noun|桿|cls=cây, cái}} (classifier cây, cái) cán • (桿)
  1. a handle; grip; staff; lever (especially of a tool) Derived forms: cán cân (english: balance), dốt đặc cán mai (english: dumb as an apricot handle)
    Sense id: en-cán-vi-noun-QYFJQWal Categories (other): Vietnamese nouns classified by cái, Vietnamese nouns classified by cây
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [kaːn˧˦] [Hà-Nội], [kaːŋ˦˧˥] [Huế], [kaːŋ˦˥] [Hồ-Chí-Minh-City]
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 擀. Etymology templates: {{m|vi|擀|t=}} 擀, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|擀}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 擀 Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=}} cán, {{vi-verb|}} cán
  1. to flatten; to crush (especially with rolling cylindrical objects)
    Sense id: en-cán-vi-verb-xK1lwxAm
  2. (figurative) to run over (with a vehicle) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-cán-vi-verb-RHGMmxbX Categories (other): Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 2 35 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: máy cán (english: laminator), ngay cán tàn (english: long face)
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for cán meaning in Vietnamese (3.6kB)

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  "word": "cán"
}

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