See also: gach and Gach

Vietnamese

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gạch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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(classifier cục, hòn, viên) gạch (, , , 󱌔)

  1. a brick (hardened block used for building)
  2. (by extension) a tile (mostly rectangular shaped sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces)
    gạch lát nềnfloor tiles
    gạch ốp tườngwall tiles
    gạch lát hèpavers

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (to strike; a stroke, SV: hoạch).

Verb

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gạch

  1. to draw a line, especially over text to delete it

Noun

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gạch

  1. any punctuation mark that is a line; a hyphen, a dash, a slash, etc.

Etymology 3

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Certain sources seem to suggest that this is derived from etymology 1. How about the reverse, where the word for "brick" came from the color of crustaceans' hepatopancreas?”

Noun

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gạch (𥗌)

  1. (of crustaceans) tomalley; hepatopancreas
    gạch cuacrab fat
    gạch tômshrimp hepatopancreas