chong

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

chong

1. to select

• Debbarma, Binoy (2001), “chong”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary, Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, →ISBN, page 35

chong

1. Nonstandard spelling of chōng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of chóng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of chǒng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of chòng.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cawŋ͡m˧˧]

chong • (𤍑, 炵) (phonemic reduplicatives chong chong)

1. to keep alight; to make stay lit

   Mỗi tối lũ trẻ cũng phải chong đèn dầu lên mà học bài.

   Every night, a bunch of children also had to keep their oil lamps lit up to study their lessons.

2. (figurative, of eyes) to keep open; to stare
3. (figurative) to focus (on)

• chong chóng (“pinwheel”)