chân
Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
chân means foot; leg.
Meanings of chân in English
Noun
Noun
- rare truth
- chân, thiện, mĩTruth, Goodness, Beauty
Words with chân
Idioms and sayings with chân
- chân đăm đá chân chiêu — walking very unstably; drunk as a lord
Example sentences with chân
- Hai con chó có tám cái chân. Two dogs have eight legs.
- Tiếng bước chân ngày càng to hơn. The footsteps keep getting louder.
- Bỏ chân ra khỏi bàn đi. Take your feet off the table.
- Dấu chân tội phạm để lại. The criminal left footprints.
- Bạn có đôi chân rất sexy. You have very sexy legs.
- Mày có dôi chân rất sexy. You have very sexy legs.
- Cô ấy đang đứng một chân. She was standing on one foot.
- Chân tôi nhỏ hơn chân bạn. My foot is small beside yours.
Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).
Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)
Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, chân could be written as 蹎, 真, 眞. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Etymology
Attested as Middle Vietnamese chên (“leg”) in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651), from Proto-Vietic *ɟiːŋ (“leg, foot”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *ʄɨːŋ (“leg, foot”).
Frequently asked questions
What does chân mean in English?
chân (noun) means "foot; leg".
How do you pronounce chân?
IPA: Hanoi [t͡ɕən˧˧]; Saigon [cəŋ˧˧]. Tones: chân — level tone (ngang).
Is chân a Sino-Vietnamese word?
Yes. chân is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 真.