khai huyệt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 開 (“to open”) and 穴 (“grave”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaːj˧˧ hwiət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ hwiək̚˨˩ʔ] ~ [xaːj˧˧ hwiək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ wiək̚˨˩˨] ~ [xaːj˧˧ wiək̚˨˩˨]

Verb

khai huyệt

  1. to dig a grave
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