khắp

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xap̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰap̚˦˧˥] ~ [xap̚˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰap̚˦˥] ~ [xap̚˦˥]
  • (file)

Adverb

khắp • (, , , 𬩢, )

  1. all over; throughout
    Loài bướm này phân bố khắp châu Âu.
    The species of this butterfly is distributed throughout Europe.
Derived terms
  • hầu khắp
  • khắp chợ cùng quê
  • khắp nơi (everywhere)

Etymology 2

Possibly from Sino-Tibetan, but both the initial and coda are hard to explain.

Alternative forms

Numeral

khắp

  1. (probably obsolete, chiefly pig traders' cant) seven

See also

(numerals in pig traders' cant) số đếm trong tiếng lóng lái lợn; chách (one), lái/nái (two), thâm (three), chớ (four), kẹo (five), mục (six), khắp/hấp (seven), bét (eight), khươm/khơm (nine), nạp/lạp (ten), (Category: vi:Numerals in pig traders' cant)

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