xẻ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "xe"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɛ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [sɛ˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [sɛ˨˩˦]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)

Verb

xẻ • (𫒬 - 𠝓, 𠠚, 鑡, 𨦁, 齒, 扯, 劑)

to shred; to cut into strips; to divide up
(dialectal) to cut up
xẻ trái mít ― to cut up the jackfruit
to cut a path (through); to clear a channel (for)
xẻ núi mở đường ― to cut a path through the mountains to open a road

xẻ rãnh thoát nước ― to clear a path for a drain

Derived terms

Derived terms

chia đôi xẻ nửa
chia năm xẻ bảy

Related terms

chẻ

References

"xẻ" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)

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