chuông
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Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鐘 (SV: chung).
Attested as chuâng in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cái, chiếc) chuông • (鍾, 鐘)
- (music) a bell
- Chuông gọi hồn ai ― For Whom the Bell Tolls (literally, “Whose Soul Does the Bell Call On?”)
- Đeo/Treo chuông cổ mèo ― Belling the Cat
- (by extension) the alarm sound of a timepiece or the ringtone of a telephone
- đồng hồ/điện thoại đổ chuông ― a clock/phone rings
- nhạc chuông ― a ringtone
Derived terms
- cá ông chuông
- nhạc chuông
Descendants
- → Khmer: ជួង (cuəng)
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