chừng nào
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== Vietnamese ==
=== Etymology ===
chừng (“extent”) + nào (“which”).
Attested already with the meaning "when" in the Dictionarium anamitico-latinum (1772 manuscript), a dictionary based chiefly on the Southern dialects.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨŋ˨˩ naːw˨˩]
(Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨŋ˦˩ naːw˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA(key): [cɨŋ˨˩ naːw˨˩]
=== Adverb ===
chừng nào
(colloquial) when
Synonyms: khi nào, bao giờ
(literary) how much more
=== Conjunction ===
chừng nào
as long as