khoét
Pronunciation
Northern
/xwɛt˧˥/
Central
/kʰwɛ̰k˩˧/
Southern
/kʰwɛk˧˥/
Listen
to bore
Verb
to bore
2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Meaning
2 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to bore
Core Actions
To make a hole in something by boring or perforating through its surface.
vi Người thợ mộc đang khoét một cái lỗ trên tấm gỗ.
en The carpenter is boring a hole in the wooden plank.
Sense 2
Verb
to deepen
To make something deeper by removing material from the bottom or the interior.
vi Nước mưa chảy mạnh đã khoét sâu thêm lòng suối.
en The strong rainwater flow has deepened the stream bed.
Parts
抉
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Parts
抉
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
抉
Candidates by syllable
khoét
劂（抉 / 鈌）
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
khoét rỗng
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Similar
khoét rỗng
Use
mỏ khoét
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Use
mỏ khoét