gõ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *g(uə)h (“to knock”); cognates with Khmer គោះ (kŭəh) and Chrau gŏh.

Pronunciation

Verb

gõ • (𢱗)

  1. to hit with the side of the fist, with the knuckles, with the fingertips, or with a short stick, in order to knock, type, hit a bell, hit a wooden fish, or knock at someone's head
    Synonyms: cốc (“to knock on someone's head”), cú (“to knock on someone's head”), đánh (“to type”)
    gõ cửa ― to knock at/on the door
    gõ (đầu) ngón tay ― to tap one's fingers
    gõ đầu trẻ ― (of a teacher) to knock on children's heads in classes
    gõ tiếng Việt trên Linux ― to type Vietnamese on Linux
  2. (medicine) to percuss

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