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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Noun
trắc • (𣖡)
- rosewood; kingwood
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 仄 (“oblique”).
Adjective
trắc • (仄)
- (phonology, poetry, of a tone) oblique (involving a rising or falling contour)
- (phonology, poetry, of a tone) being neither the ngang nor huyền tone
- Antonym: bằng
- (poetry, of a rhyme) carrying a trắc tone
Usage notes
- All non-ngang and non-huyền tones are considered trắc tones, which is a terminology derived from and equivalent to Middle Chinese 仄聲 (“oblique tones”), which involved changing contour pitches. In Sino-Vietnamese morphemes, the sắc and hỏi tones were placed on Middle Chinese syllables that began with a 清聲母/清声母 (qīng shēngmǔ, “voiceless obstruent onset”), and the nặng and ngã tones were placed on syllables that began with a 濁聲母/浊声母 (zhuó shēngmǔ, “voiced obstruent or sonorant onset”).