lục

See also: Appendix:Variations of "luc"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [lʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]
  • Homophone: Lục
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from (six).

Numeral

lục

  1. (Sino-Vietnamese) six
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Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from , from Literary Chinese , using the same disambiguation of (grue) with 绿 (green) and (lam, blue). See also xanh (grue).

Adjective

lục

  1. (uncommon) green
    Synonym: xanh lá cây
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See also
Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)
     trắng      xám      đen
             đỏ; thắm, thẫm              cam; nâu              vàng; kem
             vàng chanh              xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục              xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
             xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két              xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh              xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
             tím; chàm              tía              hồng

Etymology 3

From Proto-Vietic *-luk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *luuk ~ *luək (to touch, explore manually); cognate with Pacoh lúc, Mon လုက် (lɜ̀k, to touch, come in contact with, collide with) and Khmer លូក (luuk).

Verb

lục • ()

  1. to rummage, to search with hands
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