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kango en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɑŋɡoʊ/

Etymology

From Japanese 漢(かん)語(ご) (kango), from Middle Chinese 漢語 (MC xanH ngjoX, “Han, Chinese + speech, language”), compare modern Mandarin 漢語／汉语 (Hànyǔ, “Chinese language”).

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

wasei kango · Sino-Japanese

Translations (5)

ko 한어 (a Sino-Japanese word) · ja 漢語 (a Sino-Japanese word) · cmn 漢日語 /汉日语 (a Sino-Japanese word) · ru канго́ (a Sino-Japanese word) · cmn 漢日詞 /汉日词 (a Sino-Japanese word)

kango en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɑŋɡoʊ/

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, uncommon) Alternative form of kago, a suspended Japanese sedan chair.
   alt of kago
   • He crawled out of the kango, but could not rise off his hands and knees quickly. His servants ran away, and one man cut off his head; six or seven others hacked at his body. 1901, Walter Dickson & al., Japan, p. 340

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