khởi đầu

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 起頭.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xəːj˧˩ ʔɗəw˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰəːj˧˨ ʔɗəw˦˩] ~ [xəːj˧˨ ʔɗəw˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰəːj˨˩˦ ʔɗəw˨˩] ~ [xəːj˨˩˦ ʔɗəw˨˩]

Verb edit

khởi đầu

(somewhat literary) to begin; to start, to commence

Noun edit

khởi đầu

beginning

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