duyên cớ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 緣故 (SV: duyên cố).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zwiən˧˧ kəː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jwiəŋ˧˧ kəː˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [j⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˧˧ kəː˦˥]

Noun

duyên cớ

1. a cause; a reason for an occurrence