khóc

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 哭 (“to cry”, SV: khốc). Displaced native dám (“to cry, to weep”), which is still preserved in some Nghệ An dialects/subdialects.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xawk͡p̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰawk͡p̚˦˧˥] ~ [xawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰawk͡p̚˦˥] ~ [xawk͡p̚˦˥]

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khóc • (哭, 泣)

1. to cry, to weep

   Sao đi học
   Cứ khóc hoài?
   Thôi đừng khóc!
   Có kẹo đây.

   Why at school
   Always cry?
   Please don't cry!
   Here are candies.