việc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 役 (SV: dịch). Cognate with Muong wiêc, Isan เวียก, Khün ᩅ᩠ᨿᨠ, Lao ວຽກ (wīak), Lü ᦵᦞᧅ (vek), Tai Dam ꪫꪸꪀ.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viək̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [viək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jiək̚˨˩˨]

Noun

việc

1. job, work, business
2. thing, matter, affair

Derived terms

• công việc (工役, “job; work; affair; business”)