khởi sự

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 起事 (“to start, to begin”).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xəːj˧˩ sɨ˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰəːj˧˨ ʂɨ˨˩ʔ] ~ [xəːj˧˨ sɨ˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰəːj˨˩˦ ʂɨ˨˩˨] ~ [xəːj˨˩˦ sɨ˨˩˨]

Verb edit

khởi sự

to start; to begin

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