goigoi

côn

Pronunciation Northern /kon˧˧/ Central /koŋ˧˥/ Southern /koŋ˧˧/
Listen
stick or staff
Noun
stick or staff
+1 more senses

Learn more

After looking up a meaning, choose a textbook or practice activity to keep learning Vietnamese.

  • Learn letters and pronunciation from the beginning

    Open the 10days course

    A ten-day introductory course. Open the cover to start learning or continue where you left off.

  • Learn conversation through a story

    Read about “Tết, the Third Time”

    A textbook that teaches conversation through a family story. It is being prepared; see its content and release status.

  • Practise words and sounds in short activities

    Choose from the practice list

    Choose an activity for vocabulary, tones, listening and other skills.

2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
▸
Sense 1 Noun
stick or staff Movement & SportTheme SportsTag

A long stick usually made of wood used as a weapon in martial arts.

vi Anh ấy sử dụng một cây côn gỗ để tập võ.

en He uses a wooden staff to practice martial arts.

Sense 2 Noun
Kun fish Culture, Arts & Proper NamesTheme

The name of a giant mythical fish that appears in ancient legendary stories.

vi Cá Côn là một sinh vật khổng lồ trong truyền thuyết.

en The Kun fish is a giant creature in legendary stories.

Parts
棍
▸
Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
棍
Candidates by syllable
côn 棍(崑)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
cồn / cơn / cọn / còn …
▸
Use
côn đồ / du côn / côn nhị khúc / côn minh …
▸
Sources, license, and AI

This page may include definitions, examples, translations, or exercise prompts edited, translated, or summarized by goigoi from Wiktionary contributors.

Applicable text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made.

Chinese-character and chữ Nôm forms are reference displays. Some are source-aligned for the whole word; others are assembled from per-syllable character mappings and are not necessarily the only or official spelling.

Some meanings, translations, or examples may be AI-assisted. Mistakes or awkward phrasing may remain.