ác

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ac"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːk̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːk̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaːk̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 惡.

Adjective

ác

cruel, severe, fierce

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *ʔaːk (“crow”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kʔaak ~ *kʔaik (“crow; to caw”). Compare ác là.

Noun

(classifier con) ác

(Nghệ An dialect, Hà Tĩnh dialect) crow

Derived terms

Terms derived from ác

gà ác

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