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Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣaːk̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣaːk̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣaːk̚˦˥]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]gác
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly related to ghếch (cf. rác and rếch, bạc and bệch).
Verb
[edit]- to put something on something; to hang something on something
- gác chân lên bàn
- to put/rest one's legs on a table
- to put on hold
- Giờ ta tạm gác lại chuyện đó.
- Let's put that on hold for the time being.
Etymology 3
[edit]Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 閣 (“pavillion”, SV: các).
Noun
[edit]gác
- (architecture) a loft
- Synonym: gác lửng
Usage notes
[edit]- If it's a tầng or lầu (“floor; story”), you get there by climbing a flight of stairs. If it's a gác (“loft”), you get there by climbing a ladder.
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Vietnamese terms borrowed from French
- Vietnamese terms derived from French
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese verbs
- Vietnamese compound terms
- Vietnamese terms with usage examples
- Vietnamese terms derived from Chinese
- Vietnamese nouns
- vi:Architecture