chân

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

From Proto-Vietic *ciɲ (“leg, foot”). Might be related to Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”) (whence Khmer ជើង (cəəng), Bahnar jơ̆ng, Mon ဇိုၚ်) through some phonological progress.

chân (蹎)

1. (anatomy) a foot
2. a leg

   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) the lowest circumscribing area

• tay (“hand; arm”)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 真

chân

1. (rare, chiefly philosophy or art) truth

   chân, thiện, mĩ

   Truth, Goodness, Beauty

• IPA^(key): /χaːn/

chân

1. Aspirate mutation of cân.

chân

1. Aspirate mutation of cân.