chân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chan"

Hokkien
For pronunciation and definitions of chân – see 層 (“Classifier for things arranged in layers, storeys or levels., Classifier for events.”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 層).

Muong

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ɟiːŋ (“leg, foot”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Vietnamese chân, Pacoh adyưng, Bahnar jơ̆ng, Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Mon ဇိုၚ်, Jah Hut jong, Jehai can.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /cən¹/

Noun

chân

  1. foot
  2. leg

Derived terms

References
  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Vietnamese

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕən˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕəŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cəŋ˧˧]
  • Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)(file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ɟiːŋ (“leg, foot”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Muong chân, Pacoh adyưng, Bahnar jơ̆ng, Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Mon ဇိုၚ်, Jah Hut jong, Jehai can.

Final velar *-ŋ was palatalized to *-ɲ after front vowel; this new form with *-ɲ (reconstructed as Proto-Viet-Muong *ciɲ by Ferlus) then gave rise to the modern form with ‹n›. See also lên, đến, cù lần for other instances of palatalization of *-ŋ after front vowels.

Alternative forms
  • (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) chơn
  • (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) chưn

Noun

chân • (蹎, 𧽍, 𨈃)

  1. (anatomy) a foot
  2. a leg
    Synonyms: giò, cẳng
    chân dài ― long legs
    chân dài tới nách ― (of a woman) having long, thin and sexy legs (literally, “legs extended all the way to the armpits”)
    chân ghế ― the legs of a chair
  3. (of a mountain or hill) a foot
    chân núi/đồi ― the foot of a mountain/hill
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Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 真.

Alternative forms
  • (Southern Vietnam) chơn

Noun

chân

  1. (rare, chiefly philosophy or art) truth
    chân, thiện, mĩ ― Truth, Goodness, Beauty
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Derived terms

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /χaːn/

Noun

chân

  1. Aspirate mutation of cân.

Verb

chân

  1. Aspirate mutation of cân.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cân gân nghân chân
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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