See also: khạc and khác

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Pronunciation

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Noun

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khắc

  1. (archaic) a unit of time equal to one-quarter of an hour; 15 minutes
  2. (historical) a unit of time equal to one-sixth of the period from sunrise to sunset
    • c. 1741–1798, Nguyễn Gia Thiều, Cung oán ngâm khúc[1], lines 225–226:
      Ngày sáu khắc tin mong nhạn vắng,
      Đêm năm canh tiếng lắng chuông rền.
      The whole day went with no news,
      The whole night saw no sound but the bell, ringing slowly but loudly.

Verb

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khắc

  1. (transitive) to make something by carving
    khắc (con) dấuto carve a seal
  2. (transitive) to carve something (onto the surface of something else)
    khắc tên lên/vào biato carve someone's name on a gravestone
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to be engraved in something
    Khoảnh khắc đó đã khắc sâu vào tâm trí tôi.
    That moment was deeply engraved in my memory.

Adverb

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khắc

  1. eventually
    Cứ thử đi, khắc sẽ được
    Just try, you'll eventually succeed
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