biết
Vietnamese
Etymology
Cognate with Muong mắt (“to know”), Min Chinese 捌 (“to know”), Proto-Bahnaric *băt ("to remember, to know").
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɓiət̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ɓiək̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɓiək̚˦˥]
Verb
biết
- to know, to realize, to understand
- 1936, Vũ, Trọng Phụng, Số đỏ [Dumb Luck] (in Vietnamese):
- Cụ Hồng lại nhăn mặt lần thứ mười mà khẽ gắt cũng lần thứ mười rằng:
— Biết rồi ! Biết rồi ! Khổ lắm, nói mãi !- Great-granddad Hồng groans for the 10th time as he grimaces also for the 10th time: "Oh I get it! I get it! Enough with the nagging already!"
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