đục
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Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *duːk, from some form of Chinese 鑿 (OC *[dz]ˤawk) (B-S) (SV: tạc). Cognate with Thavung tuk⁷ ("burin"), Iu Mien zuqc and White Hmong txaug.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 濁 (“dirty”, SV: trọc).
Adjective[edit]
đục
- (of transparent substances) not clear; cloudy, murky, opaque, etc.
- Antonym: trong
- nước đục ngầu ― very murky water
- đục thuỷ tinh thể ― with a cataract (literally, “with a cloudy lens”)
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Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From etym. 1?”)
Verb[edit]
đục
- (Southern Vietnam, colloquial) to punch; to throw a punch