cất

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cat"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kət (“to lift, to raise”). Cognate with Toum kʌt⁷.

Pronunciation

Verb

cất • (拮)

  1. to lift, to raise
    cất tiếng thở dài ― to heave a heavy sigh
    Máy bay cất cánh lúc 6 giờ.
    The airplane took off at 6 a.m.
  2. to clear; to relocate, to put back
    cất sách vô cặp ― to put one's books into a bag
    Tôi cất mấy cái đĩa sạch. ― I put away some clean dishes.

Derived terms

Verb

cất

  1. to distil

Derived terms

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