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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Variant and doublet of mực (ink), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (ink, SV: mặc). Ink lines (dây mực) are traditionally used in Vietnam (as well as East Asia) as reference lines, hence the shift in meaning.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mức (, 𣞪)

  1. level; degree; extent; measure; standard

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