học

See also: hoc and hóc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Diachronically, this is an early loan that came to be accepted as Sino-Vietnamese, predating the loaning of Sino-Korean 학(學) (hak) and Sino-Japanese (gaku). The regular SV reflex of this rime is ⟨ac⟩, cf. SV giác () vs. SK Korean 각(角) (gak) vs. SJ Japanese (kaku).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hawk͡p̚˨˩˨]
  • (Hà Tĩnh) IPA(key): [hɔk̚˧ˀ˨ʔ]
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  • Audio (Saigon):(file)

Verb

học • (, 𭓇, )

  1. to study; to learn
    học, học nữa, học mãilearn, learn more, learn forever (free translation of Lenin's oft-used phrase «учиться, учиться и учиться»)

Suffix

học

  1. -logy; -graphy

Derived terms

Vietnamese terms suffixed with -học

See also