cong

From Mandarin 琮 (cóng).

cong (plural congs)

1. A type of carved jade tube made in China starting in the Neolithic .

• Jade Cong by the British Museum

• cogn.

cong

1. Nonstandard spelling of cōng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cóng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cǒng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of còng.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *koŋ (“be bent”); cognates include Khmer កោង (kaong, “curved, be bent”) and Mon ကိုၚ် (“be bent”). See also Thai โค้ง (kóong), Chinese 弓 (cung).

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

cong • (𡉖, 𢏣, 𢏢)

1. curved, be bent