khai huyệt

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 開 (“to open”) and 穴 (“grave”).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xaːj˧˧ hwiət̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ hwiək̚˨˩ʔ] ~ [xaːj˧˧ hwiək̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ wiək̚˨˩˨] ~ [xaːj˧˧ wiək̚˨˩˨]

Verb edit

khai huyệt

to dig a grave

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