Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 起頭.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

khởi đầu

  1. (somewhat literary) to begin; to start, to commence

Noun edit

khởi đầu

  1. beginning