việc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 役 (“work, task”; SV: dịch). Compare Lao ວຽກ (wīak).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viək̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vʲiək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

việc

job, work, business
thing, matter, affair

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