còng
Pronunciation
Northern
/ka̤wŋ˨˩/
Central
/kawŋ˧˧/
Southern
/kawŋ˨˩/
genus Uca crabs
4 senses
Noun
genus Uca crabs
Verb
to handcuff
Adjective
hunchbacked
Details
4 senses
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Details
4 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
genus Uca crabs
Animals & Pets
Animals
A term used to refer to crabs belonging to the genus Uca.
vi Những con còng bò trên bãi cát.
en The fiddler crabs crawl on the sand.
Sense 2
Noun
handcuffs
A pair of metal rings joined by a chain for wrists.
vi Cảnh sát đang sử dụng còng tay.
en The police are using handcuffs.
Verb
Sense 3
Verb
to handcuff
The act of putting handcuffs on the wrists of a person.
vi Họ đang còng tay kẻ tình nghi.
en They are handcuffing the suspect.
Adjective
Sense 4
Adjective
hunchbacked
A physical state of being hunchbacked or having a curved back.
vi Ông lão có cái lưng hơi còng.
en The old man has a slightly curved back.
Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𣌶
Candidates by syllable
còng
𣌶（𣍗 / 𧋄 / 𧔚 / 𧸺）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.