khóc

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 哭 (“to cry”, SV: khốc). Displaced native 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˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰawk͡p̚˦˥]
    • Audio (Saigon):(file)

    Verb

    khóc • (哭, 泣)

    1. to cry, to weep
      Sao đi học
      Cứ khóc hoài?
      Thôi đừng khóc!
      Có kẹo đây.
      Why at school
      Always cry?
      Please don't cry!
      Here are candies.

    Derived terms

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