A Vietnamese question

Jeff Pringle · 24th September 2009, 01:11 PM

Rifle, anything longer than a pistol, needs two hands to hold – súng trương

Pistol, revolver - súng lục, súng sáw

Cannon, such as is mounted on a fortification - súng thấn công

My informant (ex-SV military, reasonably good English skills) reports the first two, rifle and pistol, are the same in Vietnamese for ancient and modern weapons; and that the photo looks like the third, cannon although that is supposed to be mounted and not held – he wasn’t really getting the scale of the artifact. He said the ‘ma’ was wrong. It looks to me like ‘chuong’ is the Chinese version of the Vietnamese ‘công’.

24th September 2009, 01:11 PM	#4
Jeff Pringle Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 189	Rifle, anything longer than a pistol, needs two hands to hold – súng trương Pistol, revolver - súng lục, súng sáw Cannon, such as is mounted on a fortification - súng thấn công My informant (ex-SV military, reasonably good English skills) reports the first two, rifle and pistol, are the same in Vietnamese for ancient and modern weapons; and that the photo looks like the third, cannon although that is supposed to be mounted and not held – he wasn’t really getting the scale of the artifact. He said the ‘ma’ was wrong. It looks to me like ‘chuong’ is the Chinese version of the Vietnamese ‘công’.