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đàng

Level ≈B2 (approx.) nounadjective Sino-Vietnamese Top 5,000 most common
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đàng means road; street; path.

Also spelled đường — same word, same meaning.

Chinese characters: 唐 Classifier: con, cái — e.g. một con đàng (one road)

Meanings of đàng in English

Noun

  1. road; street; path; route; trace
    • lên đườngto set out; to be on the road
    • Ở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh có bốn đường mang tên người Pháp: Alexandre de Rhodes, Pasteur, Calmette và Yersin.There are four streets in Ho Chi Minh City named after Frenchmen: Alexandre de Rhodes, Pasteur, Calmette and Yersin.
  2. path (metaphorical course) ≈ nẻo
    • đường đờilife path
  3. line
    • đường chân trờiskyline
  4. colloquial region
    • đường xuôithe lowland
  5. tract
    • đường tiêu hóadigestive tract

Noun

  1. sugar (sucrose in the form of small crystals)

Adjective

  1. related to Tang
  2. Chinese

Words with đàng

Synonyms and antonyms of đàng

Synonyms

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 唐 (“road inside a temple”). Doublet of đàng and đằng. For the rime correspondance, compare đang vs. đương, đàng hoàng vs. đường hoàng, cúng dàng vs. cúng dường, and kim cang vs. kim cương.

Frequently asked questions

What does đàng mean in English?

đàng (noun) means "road; street; path".

How do you pronounce đàng?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɗaːŋ˨˩]; Saigon [ʔɗaːŋ˨˩]. Tones: đàng — falling tone (huyền).

Is đàng a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. đàng is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 唐.

What classifier is used with đàng?

Common classifiers: con, cái — for example "một con đàng" (one road).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited. IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.