càn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "can"

Ligurian

Noun

càn m (plural chén, diminutive cagnétto, cagnìn, feminine càgna)

  1. Alternative spelling of can

Mandarin

Alternative forms
  • can – nonstandard

Romanization

càn (can4, Zhuyin ㄘㄢˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 叄
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 叅
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孭／𱙷
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 掺
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 摻／掺
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 澯
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 燦／灿
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 璨
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粲
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薒

Vietnamese

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːn˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːŋ˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaːŋ˨˩]
  • Audio (Hà Nội)(file)

Verb

càn • (乾, 𠼳, 㨴, 干)

  1. (rare) to rush headlong through
  2. to raid; to mop up; to attack
Derived terms
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Adjective

càn • (乾, 𠼳, 㨴, 干)

  1. (of behaviour) wanton; indiscriminate; at random
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • càn bậy
  • càn quấy
  • càn rỡ
  • đói ăn vụng, túng làm càn

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 乾.

Noun

càn

  1. the first trigram of the eight trigrams in Taoist cosmology
    Synonym: kiền
Derived terms
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