việc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 役 (SV: dịch). Cognate with Muong wiêc, Isan เวียก, Khün ᩅ᩠ᨿᨠ, Lao ວຽກ (wīak), Lü ᦵᦞᧅ (vek), Tai Dam ꪫꪸꪀ.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viək̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jiək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

việc

job, work, business
thing, matter, affair

Derived terms

công việc (工役, “job; work; affair; business”)

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