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khắp

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khắprisingsắc

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khắp means all over; throughout.

Meanings of khắp in English

Adverb

  1. all over; throughout
    • Loài bướm này phân bố khắp châu Âu.The species of this butterfly is distributed throughout Europe.

Numeral

  1. seven

Words with khắp

khắp nơi

Example sentences with khắp

  • Tom nổi những đốm đỏ khắp người. Tom has red spots all over his body.
  • Tin tức lan khắp Nhật Bản. The news spread all over Japan.
  • Mưa ở khắp mọi nơi. Rain is needed everywhere.
  • Đứa trẻ có sô-cô-la trên khắp mặt và môi. The child has chocolate all over his face and lips.
  • Tài xế taxi đã chở tôi đi khắp thành phố. The taxi driver drove me around the city.
  • Bọn con trai đang leo lên khắp các tảng đá. The boys were climbing about on the rocks.
  • Tuyết trắng bao phủ khắp mọi nơi vào mùa đông. White snow covers everywhere in winter.
  • Vào mùa đông, có tuyết và băng ở khắp mọi nơi. In winter, there is snow and ice everywhere.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, khắp could be written as 泣, 恰, 插, 𬩢. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Possibly from Sino-Tibetan, but both the initial and coda are hard to explain.

Frequently asked questions

What does khắp mean in English?

khắp (adverb) means "all over; throughout".

How do you pronounce khắp?

IPA: Hanoi [xap̚˧˦]; Saigon [kʰap̚˦˥]. Tones: khắp — rising tone (sắc).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.