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˩]

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Noun

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

1. 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

• tang tóc
• tóc sâu
• tóc tai