gạch
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
(classifier cục, hòn, viên) gạch • (甓, 劇, 壉 坧, )
- a brick (hardened block used for building)
- (by extension) a tile (mostly rectangular shaped sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces)
- gạch lát nền ― floor tiles
- gạch ốp tường ― wall tiles
- gạch lát hè ― pavers
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Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 劃 (“to strike; a stroke”, SV: hoạch).
Verb edit
gạch
Noun edit
gạch
- any punctuation mark that is a line; a hyphen, a dash, a slash, etc.
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
- (of crustaceans) tomalley; hepatopancreas
- gạch cua ― crab fat
- gạch tôm ― shrimp hepatopancreas