kango

See also: Kango and kaŋo

English

Etymology

From English 漢 (かん)語 (ご) (kango), from Middle Chinese 漢語 (MC hɑn^H ŋɨʌ^X, “Han, Chinese + speech, language”), compare modern Mandarin 漢語／汉语 (hànyǔ, “Chinese language”).

Noun

kango (plural kango)

A Japanese word of Chinese origin, or a Japanese word coined along Chinese lines (a Sino-Japanese word).

Translations

a Sino-Japanese word

Chinese:
Mandarin: 漢日詞, 汉日词 (hànrìcí), 漢日語, 汉日语 (hànrìyǔ)
Japanese: 漢語 (ja) (かんご, kango)

Korean: 한어 (ko) (haneo) (漢語 (ko))
Russian: канго́ m or n (kangó)

See also

Sino-Japanese

Anagrams

Kogan

Hausa

Noun

kangō m (plural kangaye, possessed form kangon)

A deserted, dilapidated building.
An empty container.

Japanese

Romanization

kango

Rōmaji transcription of かんご

Tok Pisin

Noun

kango

watercress

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