mộc dục

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 沐浴.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [məwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ zʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [məwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ jʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [məwk͡p̚˨˩˨ jʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]

    Verb

    mộc dục

    1. (literary, dated) to clean joss statues; to bathe the Buddha