cần

noun  

• Water dropwort

• Shaft, rod
  • cần câu
    a fishing-rod

• Stem, tube
  • rượu cần
    spirit in jar drunk through a stem (by some ethnic minorities)
  • điếu có cần dài
    a bubble-bubble with a long stem

• Neck (of a violin..)

• Vibrator (in a monocord instrument)

verb  

• Need, must, to want