không thủ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 空手, orthographic borrowing from Japanese 空手

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰu˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰʊw˧˨] ~ [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰʊw˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰʊw˨˩˦] ~ [xəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰʊw˨˩˦]

Noun

không thủ

1. (martial arts) karate