khóc

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xawk͡p̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰawk͡p̚˦˧˥] ~ [xawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰawk͡p̚˦˥] ~ [xawk͡p̚˦˥]
Audio (Saigon): (file)

Verb

khóc • (哭, 泣)

to cry, to weep
Sao đi học
Cứ khóc hoài?
Thôi đừng khóc!
Có kẹo đây.
Why at school
Always cry?
Please don't cry!
Here are candies.

Derived terms