cân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "can"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 斤 (“catty”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cân

  1. (colloquial, dated) kilogram
    cân nặng
    weight
    nặng cân
    heavy; formidable

Synonyms

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc, cán) cân

  1. a weighing instrument; a balance, scale, etc.
    cán cân công lí
    the scales of justice

Verb

cân

  1. to weigh
    cân đo đong đếm
    to weigh, measure, put in measuring cups, count; to perform exhaustive measurement
    cân nhắc
    to weigh your options

Adjective

cân

  1. in some kind of balance or equilibrium
    tam giác cân
    an isosceles triangle
    cân đối
    in shape and healthy

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • cana (literary third-person singular present/future; second-person singular imperative)
  • caniff (colloquial third-person singular present/future)
  • canith (colloquial third-person singular present/future)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaːn/

Noun

cân f (plural caneuon)

  1. song

Verb

cân

  1. (literary) inflection of canu:
    1. third-person singular present indicative/future
    2. second-person singular imperative

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
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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