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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Noun
khoá • (課, 鎖, 銙, 錁)
- Short for ổ khoá (“lock; padlock”).
Derived terms
Verb
khoá • (課, 鎖, 銙, 錁)
- to lock
- to turn off (tap etc.); to close
Descendants
Etymology 2
Short for chìa khoá (“key”). Also semantic loan from English key and semantic loan from French clef.
Noun
(classifier cái) khoá • (課, 鎖, 銙, 錁)
- Short for chìa khoá (“key”).
- Synonym of chìa (“key”)
- (cryptography) key
- (music) clef
See also
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 課.
Noun
khoá
- term; course; round
- (archaic) Short for khoá sinh.
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