khư

See also: Appendix:Variations of "khu" and khư khư

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xɨ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰɨ˧˧] ~ [xɨ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰɨ˧˧] ~ [xɨ˧˧]

Etymology 1

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Noun

khư • (圩)

  1. dike, embankment
    trúc khư ― to build a dike

Etymology 2

Romanization

khư

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 墟 (“mound of earth”)
  2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 胠 (“flank”)
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