càn

From Latin canem, accusative form of canis, from earlier canēs, from Proto-Italic *kō (accusative *kwanem), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (accusative *ḱwónm̥).

• IPA^(key): /kaŋ/

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

1. dog, male dog

• cagnâra

càn (Zhuyin ㄘㄢˋ)

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

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

càn (乾, 𠼳, 㨴, 干)

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

càn (乾, 𠼳, 㨴, 干)

1. (of behaviour) wanton; indiscriminate; at random

Sino-Vietnamese word from 乾.

càn

1. the first trigram of the eight trigrams in Taoist cosmology

   Synonym: kiền