gõ

• khỏ

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *g(uə)h (“to knock”); cognates with Khmer គោះ (kŭəh) and Chrau gŏh.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣɔ˨˩˦]

gõ • (𢱗)

1. to hit with the side of the fist, with the knuckles, with the fingertips, or with a short stick, in order to knock, type, hit a bell, hit a wooden fish, or knock at someone's head

   Synonyms: cốc (“to knock on someone's head”), cú (“to knock on someone's head”), đánh (“to type”)

   gõ cửa ― to knock at/on the door

   gõ (đầu) ngón tay ― to tap one's fingers

   gõ đầu trẻ ― (of a teacher) to knock on children's heads in classes

   gõ tiếng Việt trên Linux ― to type Vietnamese on Linux

2. (medicine) to percuss