quan

== Aragonese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin quandō. Compare Catalan quan. === Pronoun === quan when == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan quant~quand~quan~can~cant, from Latin quandō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkwan] Homophone: quant (Central) === Adverb === quan when === References === “quan”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “quan”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “quan” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “quan”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Ido == === Pronoun === quan (interrogative) whom (object) ==== Usage notes ==== To ask for a subject, use qua instead. == Kavalan == === Noun === quan sprout from the stump == Mandarin == === Romanization === quan nonstandard spelling of quān nonstandard spelling of quán nonstandard spelling of quǎn nonstandard spelling of quàn ==== Usage notes ==== Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronoun ==== quan (Northern) alternative form of whan === Etymology 2 === ==== Adverb ==== quan alternative form of whanne ==== Conjunction ==== quan alternative form of whanne == Occitan == === Etymology === From Old Occitan quan (compare Catalan quan), from Latin quando (compare French quand). === Pronunciation === === Adverb === quan when == Old Occitan == === Adverb === quan alternative form of can == Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwaːn˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [kwaːŋ˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [waːŋ˧˧] === Etymology 1 === Sino-Vietnamese word from 官. ==== Noun ==== quan (historical) mandarin (informal) official Synonym: quan chức ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Sino-Vietnamese word from 貫 (“string”). ==== Noun ==== quan (historical) string of six hundred coins. === Etymology 3 === ==== Romanization ==== quan Sino-Vietnamese reading of 觀 ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 4 === ==== Romanization ==== quan Sino-Vietnamese reading of 關 ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 5 === ==== Romanization ==== quan Sino-Vietnamese reading of 棺 ===== Derived terms =====