khởi nguồn

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 起源 (SV: khởi nguyên).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xəːj˧˩ ŋuən˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰəːj˧˨ ŋuəŋ˦˩] ~ [xəːj˧˨ ŋuəŋ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰəːj˨˩˦ ŋuəŋ˨˩] ~ [xəːj˨˩˦ ŋuəŋ˨˩]

Verb

khởi nguồn

1. to originate; to begin; to start