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Vietnamese
mực on Vietnamese Wikipedia
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 墨 (“ink”, SV: mặc). Doublet of mức. Compare Khmer មឹក (mɨk), Lao ໝຶກ (mưk), Thai หมึก (mʉ̀k). Cognate with Muong mâc
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier con (“squid”)) mực • (墨, 䘃, 𧞾)
- ink (coloured fluid used for writing)
- ink (dark fluid ejected by squid, etc.)
- squid (sea animal)
- Synonym: cá mực
- Short for dây mực (“line made by a carpenter's ink marker”).
- (only in fixed compounds and expressions) level
- mực nước biển ― sea level
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Adjective
mực • (墨)
- (of a dog) black
- chó mực ― a black dog
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