khóc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 哭 (“to cry”; SV: khốc). Displaced native Vietnamese dám (“to cry, to weep”), which is still preserved in some Nghệ An dialects/subdialects.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

khóc (哭, 泣)

to cry, to weep

Derived terms

Terms derived from khóc

khóc dạ đề
khóc dở mếu dở

khóc đứng khóc ngồi
khóc lóc

khóc than
than khóc

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