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giống

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giốngrisingsắc

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giống means breed; gender.

Meanings of giống in English

Noun

  1. animal breeding breed
  2. gender
    • tương hợp giống và sốgrammatical agreement
    • giống đựcthe masculine gender
    • giống cáithe feminine gender
  3. derogatory human race
  4. cultivar
  5. genus ≈ chi

Verb

  1. to be alike, to be similar

Adjective

  1. be alike, be similar

Words with giống

giống cáigiống đựcgiống mágiống nòigiống trunghạt giốngnhân giốngnòi giốnggiống nhưgiống bột

Synonyms and antonyms of giống

Antonyms

khác

Example sentences with giống

  • Bây giờ anh ấy giống ai vậy? Who does he look like now?
  • Tom giống mẹ anh ta như đúc. Tom looks just like his mother.
  • Cô ấy nhìn giống người Ấn Độ. She looks like an Indian.
  • Vấn đề của tôi giống với bạn. My problem is the same as yours.
  • Tom trông giống hệt bố anh ta. Tom looks just like his father.
  • Tom trông giống hệt mẹ anh ta. Tom looks just like his mother.
  • Nhìn tôi giống khủng bố lắm hả? Do I look like a terrorist?
  • Một số người trông rất giống nhau. Some of these people look a lot like each other.

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, giống could be written as 種, 𥞖, 𥠭, 𡥿. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Usage note: giống

giống means "to resemble, be like", and as a noun "breed, species, gender (grammar)".

  • Con gái giống mẹ. — The daughter looks like her mother.
  • Hai cái này giống nhau. — These two are the same / alike.
  • giống như — just like: Nó giống như một giấc mơ. — It's like a dream.

Opposite: khác (different). Giống hay khác? — Same or different?

A very handy shopping question: Có cái nào giống cái này mà màu khác không? — Do you have one like this in another colour?

Noun: giống chó — dog breed; hạt giống — seeds (for planting); giống lúa — rice variety.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *k-coːŋʔ, from a descendant of reconstructed Old Chinese 種 (OC *k.toŋʔ) when the dental stop already palatalized; non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 種 (“seed; species”, SV: chủng). Doublet of chủng.

Frequently asked questions

What does giống mean in English?

giống (noun) means "breed; gender".

How do you pronounce giống?

IPA: Hanoi [zəwŋ͡m˧˦]; Saigon [jəwŋ͡m˦˥]. Tones: giống — rising tone (sắc).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). 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.