gác

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣaːk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣaːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣaːk̚˦˥]

From French garde.

gác

1. to guard; to watch

gác

1. to put something on something; to hang something on something

   gác chân lên bàn

   to put/rest one's legs on a table

2. to put on hold

   Giờ ta tạm gác lại chuyện đó.

   Let's put that on hold for the time being.

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 閣 (“pavillion”; SV: các).

gác

1. (architecture) a wooden platform that is nowadays meant to be a poor man's version of a second floor, usually used in cheap flats to increase living space

   Synonym: gác lửng

• If it's a tầng or lầu (“floor; story”), you get there by climbing a flight of stairs. If it's a gác, you get there by climbing a ladder.

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