công

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
• Homophones: Công, cong

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From Proto-Vietic *k-voːŋ. Cognate with North Central Vietnamese cuông, Arem vùəŋ, Parauk kaong:, Semai kuwok, Semnam kwɔːŋ.

Compare also Chinese 孔 (OC *[k]ʰˤoŋʔ) (B-S) (SV: khổng), which might represent an Austroasiatic loan if not just a coincidence.

• (North Central Vietnam) cuông

(classifier con) công • (䲲, 公, 𲍜)

1. peafowl; peacock; peahen; peachick

   Synonym: khổng tước

   • 1992, “Con Công [The Peacock]”, Unknown (lyrics), Y Vân (music)‎^[1]performed by Ngọc Linh:

     Con công hay múa,
     Nó múa làm sao?
     Nó rụt cổ vào,
     Nó xòe cánh ra.

     The peacock often dances,
     How does he dance?
     He draws his neck in,
     He spreads his wings out.

Sino-Vietnamese word from 工 (“work; labor”).

công

1. the amount of labor that will factor in your pay

Sino-Vietnamese word from 功 (“accomplishment”). Also from Chinese 婦功／妇功 (phụ công, “wifely competence”).

công

1. accomplishment

   có công với nước ― to have achieved greatness for your homeland

   Lục súc tranh công

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2. (Confucianism) competence, one of the tứ đức (“four virtues”) that women are supposed to have
3. (physics) work

Sino-Vietnamese word from 公 (“public; common; duke”).

công

1. (only in compounds) duke

công

1. (formal or of a school) public or state-owned

   Synonym: chung

   Antonyms: tư, riêng

   việc công ― public affairs

   trường công ― a public school

Sino-Vietnamese word from 攻.

công

1. (only in compounds) to strike; to hit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 攻, borrowed from Japanese 攻め (seme).

công

1. (neologism) a top; seme (in a male same-sex relationship)

   Antonym: thụ