chàng

See also: chang, Chang, cháng, chāng, chẳng, and chǎng

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (young person, SV: lang). The same development of the initial can also be seen with chạp.

Noun

chàng • ()

  1. (chiefly fiction, endearing) an admirable/lovable young/young adult man
    chàng hoàng tửa prince
    chuyện chàng Hậu Nghệ bắn hạ Mặt Trờithe tale of Hou Yi, the man who shot down the Suns
    (humorous) anh chànga lad; a dude
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Pronoun

chàng

  1. (archaic, now literary, chiefly fiction, women's speech, endearing) you, my beloved man
    Antonyms: thiếp, ta
    • Hồ Xuân Hương, Đánh cờ [A Game of Xiangqi]
      Chàng với thiếp đêm khuya trằn trọc,
      Ðốt đèn lên đánh cuộc cờ người.
      Hẹn rằng đấu trí mà chơi,
      Cấm ngoại thuỷ không ai được biết.
      Nào tướng sĩ dàn ra cho hết,
      Ðể đôi ta quyết liệt một phen.
      Quân thiếp trắng, quân chàng đen,
      Hai quân ấy chơi nhau đà đã lửa.
      Thoạt mới vào chàng liền nhảy ngựa,
      Thiếp vội vàng vén phứa tịnh lên.
      Hai xe hà, chàng gác hai bên,
      Thiếp thấy bí, thiếp liền ghểnh .
      Chàng lừa thiếp đương khi bất ý,
      Ðem tốt đầu dú dí vô cung,
      Thiếp đang mắc nước xe lồng,
      Nước pháo đã nổ đùng ra chiếu.
      Chàng bảo chịu, thiếp rằng chẳng chịu,
      Thua thì thua quyết níu lấy con.
      Khi vui nước nước non non,
      Khi buồn lại giở bàn son quân ngà.
      You and I, in the dead of night,
      We light a lamp, we play some xiangqi.
      We engage in a battle of the minds,
      In secret, though, no one can know.
      Here we go, arranging our chessmen,
      It's gonna be a fierce game.
      I'm white, you're black,
      Our game is very engaging.
      At first, you jump with your horse,
      I quickly bring forth my elephant.
      You place your chariots on guard on both sides,
      I'm in a bind, I block with my advisor.
      You trick me when I'm not paying attention,
      You break into my palace with your soldier,
      I'm still struggling with your incoming chariots,
      You've already fired your cannon and checked me.
      You say yield, I say I won't,
      Sure I'm losing, but I'm still hanging tough.
      When we're happy, we drink some tea,
      When we're sad, we take out our board.
  2. (narratology, literary, endearing) he/him, that admirable or lovable young man
  3. (literary, usually humorous, endearing) he/him, my male romantic partner

See also

Noun

(classifier cái) chàng

  1. chisel
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