"ngành" meaning in Vietnamese

See ngành in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ŋajŋ̟˨˩] [Hà-Nội], [ŋɛɲ˦˩] [Huế], [ŋan˨˩] (note: Saigon)
Etymology: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 梗 (“branch (of a plant)”, SV: ngạnh). Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|梗}}, {{der|vi|zh|梗//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">ngạnh</i>|t=branch (of a plant)|tr=-}} Chinese 梗 (“branch (of a plant)”, SV: ngạnh), {{vi-etym-sino|梗|branch (of a plant)|ngạnh|hv=n}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 梗 (“branch (of a plant)”, SV: ngạnh) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} ngành, {{vi-noun}} ngành
  1. (economics) an industry, a sector
    Sense id: en-ngành-vi-noun-Eb7wbFme Categories (other): Economics Topics: economics, sciences
  2. (education) a postsecondary major
    Sense id: en-ngành-vi-noun-zspDr2Cn Categories (other): Education, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 60 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 65 27 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 29 45 26 Topics: education
  3. (taxonomy) a phylum
    Sense id: en-ngành-vi-noun-7wNBO5vX Categories (other): Taxonomy, Taxonomic ranks Disambiguation of Taxonomic ranks: 37 15 48 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chuyên ngành, ngành nghề
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "chuyên ngành"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ngành nghề"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "梗"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "梗//",
        "pos": "SV: <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"vi\">ngạnh</i>",
        "t": "branch (of a plant)",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 梗 (“branch (of a plant)”, SV: ngạnh)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "梗",
        "2": "branch (of a plant)",
        "3": "ngạnh",
        "hv": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 梗 (“branch (of a plant)”, SV: ngạnh)",
      "name": "vi-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 梗 (“branch (of a plant)”, SV: ngạnh).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ngành",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ngành",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Economics",
          "orig": "vi:Economics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an industry, a sector"
      ],
      "id": "en-ngành-vi-noun-Eb7wbFme",
      "links": [
        [
          "economics",
          "economics"
        ],
        [
          "industry",
          "industry"
        ],
        [
          "sector",
          "sector"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(economics) an industry, a sector"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "economics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Education",
          "orig": "vi:Education",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 60 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 65 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 45 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a postsecondary major"
      ],
      "id": "en-ngành-vi-noun-zspDr2Cn",
      "links": [
        [
          "education",
          "education"
        ],
        [
          "postsecondary",
          "postsecondary"
        ],
        [
          "major",
          "major"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(education) a postsecondary major"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "education"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Taxonomy",
          "orig": "vi:Taxonomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 15 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "vi",
          "name": "Taxonomic ranks",
          "orig": "vi:Taxonomic ranks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a phylum"
      ],
      "id": "en-ngành-vi-noun-7wNBO5vX",
      "links": [
        [
          "taxonomy",
          "taxonomy"
        ],
        [
          "phylum",
          "phylum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(taxonomy) a phylum"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "taxonomy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋajŋ̟˨˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋɛɲ˦˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋan˨˩]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngành"
}
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Vietnamese lemmas",
    "Vietnamese nouns",
    "Vietnamese terms derived from Chinese",
    "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "vi:Taxonomic ranks"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "chuyên ngành"
    },
    {
      "word": "ngành nghề"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "梗"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "梗//",
        "pos": "SV: <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"vi\">ngạnh</i>",
        "t": "branch (of a plant)",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 梗 (“branch (of a plant)”, SV: ngạnh)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "梗",
        "2": "branch (of a plant)",
        "3": "ngạnh",
        "hv": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 梗 (“branch (of a plant)”, SV: ngạnh)",
      "name": "vi-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 梗 (“branch (of a plant)”, SV: ngạnh).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ngành",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ngành",
      "name": "vi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "vi:Economics"
      ],
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        "an industry, a sector"
      ],
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        [
          "economics",
          "economics"
        ],
        [
          "industry",
          "industry"
        ],
        [
          "sector",
          "sector"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(economics) an industry, a sector"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "economics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "vi:Education"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a postsecondary major"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "education",
          "education"
        ],
        [
          "postsecondary",
          "postsecondary"
        ],
        [
          "major",
          "major"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(education) a postsecondary major"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "education"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "vi:Taxonomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a phylum"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "taxonomy",
          "taxonomy"
        ],
        [
          "phylum",
          "phylum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(taxonomy) a phylum"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "taxonomy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋajŋ̟˨˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋɛɲ˦˩]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋan˨˩]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ngành"
}

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