sông

See also: song, Song, söng, sōng, sǒng, sòng, and sổng

Min Nan
For pronunciation and definitions of sông – see 倯 (“lazy; foolish; etc.”).
(This character, sông, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 倯.)

Vietnamese
sông

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-roːŋ (“river”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruŋ ~ ruuŋ ~ ruəŋ (“river”); cognate with Muong không (“river”), Bahnar krong (“river”), Pacoh cruang (“country; area, river valley”), Mon ကြုၚ် (krɜŋ, “small river, creek”). Related to Chinese 江 (OC *kroːŋ) (SV: giang) and Acehnese kruëng.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier dòng, con) sông (滝, 瀧)

  1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

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