duyên cớ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 緣故 (SV: duyên cố).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zwiən˧˧ kəː˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jwiəŋ˧˧ kəː˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [j⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˧˧ kəː˦˥]

Noun

duyên cớ

  1. a cause; a reason for an occurrence