khởi công

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 起工 (“to break ground”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəːj˧˩ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəːj˧˨ kəwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [xəːj˧˨ kəwŋ͡m˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰəːj˨˩˦ kəwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [xəːj˨˩˦ kəwŋ͡m˧˧] invalid IPA characters (][)

Verb[edit]

khởi công

  1. to break ground; to start building; to initiate construction (especially of a large engineering project)
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