khởi công

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 起工 (“to break ground”).

    Pronunciation

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

    Verb

    khởi công

    1. to break ground; to start building; to initiate construction (especially of a large engineering project)
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