khóc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 哭 (“to cry”, SV: khốc). Displaced native Vietnamese dám (“to cry, to weep”), which is still preserved in some Nghệ An dialects/subdialects.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xawk͡p̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰawk͡p̚˦˧˥] ~ [xawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰawk͡p̚˦˥] ~ [xawk͡p̚˦˥]
Audio (Ho Chi Minh City) (file)

Verb

khóc • (哭, 泣)

to cry, to weep

Derived terms

khóc dạ đề
khóc dở mếu dở
khóc đứng khóc ngồi
khóc lóc
khóc than
than khóc

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