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khạc

Pronunciation Northern /xa̰ːʔk˨˩/ Central /kʰa̰ːk˨˨/ Southern /kʰaːk˨˩˨/
to cough up
Verb
to cough up
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2 senses
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2 senses
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Sense 1 Verb
to cough up Core ActionsTheme

To use force from the throat to expel phlegm or a foreign object from the mouth.

vi Anh ấy khạc vật lạ trong cổ họng ra ngoài.

en He coughed up the foreign object from his throat.

Sense 2 Verb
to spit

The act of intentionally expelling saliva or another liquid from the mouth.

vi Cậu bé khạc nước bọt xuống bãi cỏ ven đường.

en The boy spat saliva onto the grass by the road.

Form
Chinese characters / chữ Nôm / syllables
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
咯
Candidates by syllable
khạc 咯（𠸧）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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