quất
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kwət̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kwək̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [wək̚˦˥]
- Homophone: quốc (southern Vietnam)
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Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 橘 (“orange, tangerine”).
Noun edit
quất
- (Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam) calamansi (Citrus x microcarpa)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See quật.
Verb edit
- to lash, to whip
- (informal) to do something drastically and redundantly
- Bài làm văn mà nó quất cho năm trang.
- His essay is awfully long, written on five pages.
- (slang, vulgar) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse