tóc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "toc"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-suk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *suk ~ *suuk ~ *suək ~ *sək; cognate with Muong thắc, Bahnar sŏk, Khmer សក់ (sɑk) and Mon သော် (sok).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tawk͡p̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tawk͡p̚˦˥]
(Vinh) IPA^(key): [tɔk˩]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)

Noun

(classifier sợi, cọng, mái) tóc • (束, 速, 𩯀, 𫅯, 𩅘)

headhair
sợi/cọng tóc ― a single strand of headhair

mái tóc ― all the headhairs as a unit

mái tóc mượt mà / óng ả ― silky / shiny hair

See also

chải (“to comb”)
gội (“to wash hair”)
lông
lược (“comb”)

Derived terms

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