xẻ

See also: xế, хе, xe, Xe, xé, xè, and xê

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɛ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sɛ˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [sɛ˨˩˦]

Verb

xẻ • (鑡, 𨦁, 扯, 劑, 𠝓, 齒, 𠠚)

1. to shred; to cut into strips; to divide up
2. (dialectal) to cut up

   xẻ trái mít

   to cut up the jackfruit

3. to cut a path through

   xẻ núi mở đường

   to cut a path through the mountains to open a road

   xẻ rãnh thoát nước

   to clear a path for a drain

Related terms

• chẻ

References

• "xẻ" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)