khởi đầu

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 起頭.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəːj˧˩ ʔɗəw˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəːj˧˨ ʔɗəw˦˩] ~ [xəːj˧˨ ʔɗəw˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰəːj˨˩˦ ʔɗəw˨˩] ~ [xəːj˨˩˦ ʔɗəw˨˩]

Verb

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khởi đầu

  1. (somewhat literary) to begin; to start, to commence

Noun

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khởi đầu

  1. beginning