đốc

See also: doc, DOC, Doc, and dốc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (supervise, oversee, direct).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwk͡p̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwk͡p̚˦˥]

Noun

đốc

  1. (only in compounds) headmaster, chief, doctor[1]

Derived terms

Verb

đốc

  1. (only in compounds) prod, urge

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tuttle Compact Vietnamese-English Dictionary 9780804838719 p116 lists the individual meanings "headmaster, chief, doctor" for đốc 2n. before the compound nouns. However in practice đốc is rarely used as a stand-alone noun, and the correct Vietnamese for those terms is hiệu trưởng, giám đốc, and bác sĩ, respectively.