khởi công
Pronunciation
Northern
/xə̰ːj˧˩˧ kəwŋ˧˧/
Central
/kʰəːj˧˩˨ kəwŋ˧˥/
Southern
/kʰəːj˨˩˦ kəwŋ˧˧/
Listen
break ground
Verb
break ground
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1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to break ground Work & Money
Places, Buildings & Public Services
To begin the actual construction work of a building or engineering project.
vi Công trình sẽ được khởi công vào tuần tới.
en The project will break ground next week.
Parts
khởi / công / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 起工 …
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Parts
khởi / công / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 起工 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 起工
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
起工
Candidates by syllable
khởi
起
công
工
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
khánh thành
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Similar
khánh thành
Use
khởi hành / khởi nghiệp / khởi động / khởi đầu …
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Use
khởi hành / khởi nghiệp / khởi động / khởi đầu …