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góc

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See also: Goc, göç, goc, gốc, goç, and gộc

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 角 (SV: giác).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    góc • (角, 𣃺, 𣍂, 𧣳, 𫈅)

    1. a corner (space in the angle between converging lines or walls)
      • 2008, Nguyễn Hải Phong, “Góc tối [Dark Corner]”:
        Giữa góc tối đó, ai đang co ro, ai đang như thân cò.
        Nơi giá buốt lạ lùng, tiếng khóc ngại ngùng.
        Nắng gió khắp lối, tôi đi muôn nơi, tôi đây quen lâu rồi.
        Vẫn cứ thế mình tôi.
        Góc tối.
        In that dark corner, someone's shivering, someone frail as a stork.
        A strange frosty place, a bashful cry.
        Sunlight and wind in every street, I'm going to every place, I'm so used to it.
        Just like that, just me by myself.
        The dark corner.
    2. (mathematics) an angle
    3. a piece of something, having a corner-like shape
      một góc bánh chưng ― a piece of bánh chưng

    Derived terms

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