khấu đầu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 叩頭 (“kowtow”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xəw˧˦ ʔɗəw˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰəw˨˩˦ ʔɗəw˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰəw˦˥ ʔɗəw˨˩] ~ [xəw˦˥ ʔɗəw˨˩]

Verb

khấu đầu

  1. (literary, formal) to kowtow

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