nước

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ɗaːk (water), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak (water). Cognates with Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects nác, Muong đác, Khmer ទឹក (tik), Bahnar đak, Eastern Mnong dak, Central Nicobarese râk/dâk and Santali ᱫᱟᱜ (dak’).

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) nác

Noun

nước (𫭔 - , )

  1. water
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  2. liquid; fluid
    nước camorange juice
    nước chanhlime juice
    nước dừacoconut water
    nước mắttear
    nước mũimucus
    nước đáipee; piss
    nước tiểuurine
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  3. the liquid part of a broth
    Synonyms: nước dùng, nước lèo
  4. Short for đất nước (country; polity).
    nước Mỹthe United States
    • Bà Huyện Thanh Quan, Qua đèo Ngang, [Passing by the Ngang Pass]
      Bước tới đèo Ngang bóng xế tà,
      Cỏ cây chen đá, lá chen hoa.
      Lom khom dưới núi tiều vài chú,
      Lác đác bên sông rợ mấy nhà.
      Nhớ nước, đau lòng con cuốc cuốc,
      Thương nhà, mỏi miệng cái da da.
      Dừng chân đứng lại: trời, non, nước,
      Một mảnh tình riêng, ta với ta.
      Walking to the Ngang Pass at dusk,
      Grass among stones, leaves among flowers.
      A few firewood cutters are hunching down the mountain,
      A couple houses scatter about near the river.
      Missing its land, a swamphen feels hurt deeply,
      Longing for its home, a francolin's screaming desperately.
      Stopping here, with the sky, the mountains and the rivers,
      My own feelings, with me, myself and I.
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See also

Etymology 2

Compare bước.

Noun

(classifier cái) nước ()

  1. (chiefly in board games) move, step
    nước cờ khôn ngoana brilliant move (in chess)

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