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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 起工 (“to break ground”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəːj˧˩ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəːj˧˨ kəwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [xəːj˧˨ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰəːj˨˩˦ kəwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [xəːj˨˩˦ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
Verb[edit]
- to break ground; to start building; to initiate construction (especially of a large engineering project)