hành
See also: hạnh
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
(classifier cây) hành • (行, 荇)
(classifier củ) hành
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Shortened from hành hạ.
Coinage most likely facilitated by the homophony of the unrelated noun above, leading to further coinage of phrases like bán hành (“to torment physically/to sell scallion”) and bón hành (“to give a one-sided beating/to spoon-feed scallion”).
Verb edit
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