giống
See also: Appendix:Variations of "giong"
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zəwŋ͡m˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jəwŋ͡m˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jəwŋ͡m˦˥]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *k-coːŋʔ, from a descendant of reconstructed Old Chinese 種 (OC *k.toŋʔ) when the dental stop already palatalized; non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 種 (“seed; species”, SV: chủng). Doublet of chủng.
The same sound change also yields Vietnamese giấy, from Proto-Vietic *k-cajʔ, from a descendant of ultimately Old Chinese 紙 (OC *k.teʔ).
Noun
giống • (𥞖, 𥠭, 𧀑)
- (usually derogatory) a human race
- (animal breeding) a breed
- (agriculture, horticulture) a cultivar
- (grammar, linguistics) gender
- (taxonomy) genus
- Synonym: chi
Related terms
Etymology 2
Possibly derived from etymology 1.
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