khoét

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 抉 (“to pierce”, SV: quyết).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xwɛt̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰwɛk̚˦˧˥] ~ [xwɛk̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰwɛk̚˦˥] ~ [xwɛk̚˦˥]

Verb

khoét • (𪟅)

  1. to bore, to perforate
  2. (by extension) to deepen
    Sao anh cứ phải khoét vào nỗi đau đã thậm tệ của tôi vậy hả? ― My sorrow is already tremendous, and now you wanna make it worse?
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