mực

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 墨 (“ink”, SV: mặc). Doublet of mức. Compare Khmer មឹក (mɨk), Lao ໝຶກ (mưk), Thai หมึก (mʉ̀k). Cognate with Muong mâc

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɨk̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɨk̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɨk̚˨˩˨]

(classifier con (“squid”)) mực • (墨, 䘃, 𧞾)

1. ink (coloured fluid used for writing)
2. ink (dark fluid ejected by squid, etc.)
3. squid (sea animal)

   Synonym: cá mực

4. Short for dây mực (“line made by a carpenter's ink marker”).
5. (only in fixed compounds and expressions) level

   mực nước biển ― sea level

mực • (墨)

1. (of a dog) black

   chó mực ― a black dog

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