khởi đầu

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 起頭.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəːj˧˩ ʔɗəw˨˩]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəːj˧˨ ʔɗəw˦˩]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰəːj˨˩˦ ʔɗəw˨˩]

    Verb

    khởi đầu

    1. (somewhat literary) to begin; to start, to commence

    Noun

    khởi đầu

    1. beginning