Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Probably non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (to kick, SV: đạp). Compare Proto-Tai *dupᴬ (to pound), Sui tjap⁸ (to smash), Cantonese 𢱕 (dap6, to pound).

Verb

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đập ()

  1. to smash; to bang; to strike
  2. (of heart, pulse) to throb; to beat
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *dəp; cognate with Khmer ទប់ (tup, to block, dam) and Chrau dəp.

Noun

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(classifier con, cái) đập (𡏽)

  1. dam