việc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 役 (SV: dịch). Cognate with Muong wiêc, Isan เวียก, Khün ᩅ᩠ᨿᨠ, Lao ວຽກ (wīak), Lü ᦵᦞᧅ (vek), Tai Dam ꪫꪸꪀ.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [viək̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [viək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [viək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jiək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

việc

  1. job, work, business
  2. thing, matter, affair

Derived terms

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