kì cục in Vietnamese

IPA: [ki˨˩ kʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ] [Hà-Nội], [kɪj˦˩ kʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ] [Huế], [kɪj˨˩ kʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨] (note: Saigon) Forms: kỳ cục [alternative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 奇 (“wonderful, strange”) and 局 (“bent, crooked”), Literally, “novel and tricky”. Often used with a homonym from 棋局 (qíjú, “arrangement of pieces on a chessboard”) to form kì cục kì cục (棋局奇局) (novel and tricky moves). As this word traveled to the South, where the original meaning is not well-understood, people associated it with a negative connotation. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|奇局}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|奇|wonderful, strange|局|bent, crooked}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 奇 (“wonderful, strange”) and 局 (“bent, crooked”), {{m-g|novel and tricky}} “novel and tricky”, {{lit|novel and tricky}} Literally, “novel and tricky” Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|||||||head=|tr=}} kì cục, {{vi-adj}} kì cục

Verb

Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 奇 (“wonderful, strange”) and 局 (“bent, crooked”), Literally, “novel and tricky”. Often used with a homonym from 棋局 (qíjú, “arrangement of pieces on a chessboard”) to form kì cục kì cục (棋局奇局) (novel and tricky moves). As this word traveled to the South, where the original meaning is not well-understood, people associated it with a negative connotation. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|奇局}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|奇|wonderful, strange|局|bent, crooked}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 奇 (“wonderful, strange”) and 局 (“bent, crooked”), {{m-g|novel and tricky}} “novel and tricky”, {{lit|novel and tricky}} Literally, “novel and tricky” Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=}} kì cục, {{vi-verb}} kì cục

Alternative forms

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"kì cục" meaning in Vietnamese

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