lục

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "luc"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 綠, from Literary Chinese 綠, using the same disambiguation of 青 (“grue”) with 綠 / 绿 (“green”) and 藍 / 蓝 (lam, “blue”). See also xanh (“grue”).

Adjective

lục

  1. (uncommon) green
    Synonym: xanh lá cây
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Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)
     trắng      xám      đen
             đỏ; thắm, thẫm              cam; nâu              vàng; kem
             vàng chanh              xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục              xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
             xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két              xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh              xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
             tím; chàm              tía              hồng

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *-luk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *luuk ~ *luək (“to touch, explore manually”); cognate with Pacoh lúc, Mon လုက် (lɜ̀k, “to touch, come in contact with, collide with”) and Khmer លូក (luuk).

Verb

lục

  1. to rummage, to search with hands
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Etymology 3

Romanization

lục

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 六 (“six”)
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