chích
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Middle Irish
Noun
chích f
- Lenited form of cích.
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuk ~ *cuuk ~ *cuək ~ *cak ~ *ciik ~ *c(i)ək (“to prod; to pierce”); cognate with Khmer ចឹក (cək).
Verb
- to prick; to pierce; to puncture
- (Southern Vietnam, of an insect) to sting
- Synonym: đốt
- (Southern Vietnam) to inject (medicine)
- Synonym: tiêm
Derived terms
- châm chích (to sting; taunt)
- chích choác (to inject drugs)
- hút chích (to use drugs)
- tiêm chích (to inject)
Etymology 2
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Noun
- (zoology) an acrocephalid warbler (a songbird of the family Acrocephalidae)
- (zoology, by extension) any bird of the superfamily Sylvioidea
Derived terms
- ba hoa chích choè (to boast frivolously)
- chích choè (magpie-robin)
- chim chích (acrocephalid warbler)