khai giảng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 開講, composed of 開 (“to open”) and 講 (“teaching”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xaːj˧˧ zaːŋ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ jaːŋ˧˨] ~ [xaːj˧˧ jaːŋ˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ jaːŋ˨˩˦] ~ [xaːj˧˧ jaːŋ˨˩˦]

Verb

khai giảng

1. (education) to start a schoolyear, semester or course