huyệt

See also: huyết

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 穴.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cái) huyệt

  1. grave (excavation for burial)
  2. pressure point
    bấm huyệt ― to press on pressure points to cure ailments
    điểm huyệt ― to immobilize, incapacitate or deal internal damage to someone by hitting their pressure points; to perform the touch of death
  3. acupoint
  4. (zoology) cloaca

See also

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