cống
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Meaning
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Noun
An underground conduit or passage for carrying off drainage water and waste matter.
vi Công nhân đang kiểm tra hệ thống cống dưới lòng đất.
en Workers are inspecting the sewer system underground.
An ethnic minority group residing primarily in the northern mountainous regions of Vietnam.
vi Người Cống có những nét văn hóa rất độc đáo.
en The Cong people have very unique cultural features.
Verb
To give money, goods, or other valuable items to a ruler or a superior state.
vi Các nước nhỏ thường phải cống sản vật cho triều đình.
en Small countries often had to pay tribute to the royal court.