khóc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 哭 (“to cry”, SV: khốc). Displaced native Vietnamese dám (“to cry, to weep”), which is still preserved in some Nghệ An dialects/subdialects.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xawk͡p̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰawk͡p̚˦˧˥] ~ [xawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰawk͡p̚˦˥] ~ [xawk͡p̚˦˥]

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Verb

khóc • (哭, 泣)

1. to cry, to weep

Derived terms

Derived terms

• khóc dạ đề
• khóc dở mếu dở
• khóc đứng khóc ngồi
• khóc lóc
• khóc than
• than khóc