khảo
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaːw˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaːw˧˨] ~ [xaːw˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰaːw˨˩˦] ~ [xaːw˨˩˦]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 考.
Verb edit
khảo
- (only in compounds) to test
Derived terms edit
- tham khảo (“to consult”)
- khảo tra, khảo sát (“investigate”)
- khảo nghiệm (“test, experiment”)
- khảo hạch (“to test”)
- khảo cứu (“to study, to research”)
- tra khảo (“to examine”)
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 拷.
Verb edit
khảo
- (only in compounds) to torture