thuốc

See also: thuộc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 毒 (“poison”, SV: độc).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰuək̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰuək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰuək̚˦˥]

Noun

thuốc • (束, 𫇿, 𫊚, 𧆄)

  1. medicine; medicament; drug
    uống thuốc ― to take medicine
  2. short for thuốc lá (“cigarette”)

Derived terms

Verb

thuốc

  1. (colloquial) to poison
  2. to entice

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