giống

Etymology 1
From, from a descendant of reconstructed  when the dental stop already palatalized;. .

The same sound change also yields Vietnamese, from Proto-Vietic , from a descendant of ultimately Old Chinese.

Noun

 * 1)  a human race
 * 2)  a breed
 * 3)  a cultivar
 * 4)  gender
 * 5)  genus
 * 1)  genus
 * 1)  genus
 * 1)  genus

Etymology 2
Possibly derived from etymology 1.

Verb

 * 1) to be alike, to be similar

Adjective

 * 1) be alike, be similar