Where does “chưng diện” come from?
chưng diện (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chúng, from Chinese 症, from Chinese 證.
chưng diện (Vietnamese): swanky; flaunty; flashy
Definitions
- swanky; flaunty; flashy
Ancestry of “chưng diện”, step by step
chưng diện traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese chúng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chúng | "pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;... |
| 2 | Chinese | 症 | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 證 | — |
via Vietnamese diện
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | diện | to dress up (in); to be well-dressed (in); to be decked out (in) |