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== Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩] Homophone: Đường === Etymology 1 === Sino-Vietnamese word from 唐 (“road inside a temple”). Doublet of đàng and đằng. For the rime correspondance, compare đang vs. đương, đàng hoàng vs. đường hoàng, cúng dàng vs. cúng dường, and kim cang vs. kim cương. Alternatively, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *daːŋᴬ² (“road; way”) (whence Thai ทาง (taang), Lao ທາງ (thāng), Northern Thai ᨴᩤ᩠ᨦ, Lü ᦑᦱᧂ (taang), Shan တၢင်း (táang)), further from Middle Chinese 唐 (dang), which is possibly from ultimately Proto-Austroasiatic *glɔːŋ. Displaced native Vietnamese sá, inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic *kraʔ, now fossilized and only found in compounds like đường sá (“roads”) and sá cày (“furrow”). ==== Alternative forms ==== (North Central Vietnam) đàng đ. Đ. ==== Noun ==== (classifier con, cái) đường • (唐, 塘) road; street; path; route; trace lên đường ― to set out; to be on the road path (metaphorical course) đường đời ― life path line đường chân trời ― skyline (colloquial) region đường xuôi ― the lowland (anatomy) tract đường tiêu hóa ― digestive tract ===== Synonyms ===== (road): đường bộ, đường sá (collectively) (metaphorical course): nẻo, lối đi ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== lộ phố lối ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Sino-Vietnamese word from 糖. Doublet of thắng (“to caramelize sugar”). ==== Noun ==== đường (uncountable) sugar (sucrose in the form of small crystals) Synonym: chất đường ===== Derived terms =====