công

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• Homophones: Công, cong

From Proto-Vietic *k-voːŋ. Compare North Central Vietnamese cuông

(classifier con) công (䲨, 䲲)

1. peafowl; peacock

Sino-Vietnamese word from 工 (“work; labor”).

công

1. (only in compounds) work; labor
2. (physics) work

Sino-Vietnamese word from 功 (“accomplishment”). Also from Chinese 婦功 (phụ công, “wifely competence”).

công

1. accomplishment

   có công với nước

   to have achieved greatness for your homeland

2. (Confucianism) competence, one of the tứ đức (“four virtues”) that women are supposed to have

Sino-Vietnamese word from 公 (“public; common”).

công

1. (formal or of a school) public or state-owned

   Synonym: chung

   Antonyms: tư, riêng

   việc công

   public affairs

   trường công

   a public school