kích

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kïk̟̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨt̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨt̚˦˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 戟.

(classifier cây) kích

1. a halberd
2. (colloquial) a jack; lifting device
   • Người ta sẽ sử dụng kích hay con đội ô tô để nâng và giữ cao gầm xe.

     People will use jacks or hydraulic car jacks in order to lift and keep up the car's undercarriage.

Sino-Vietnamese word from 擊 (“to strike; to attack”), sometimes written as 毄／𬆦 (jī).

kích

1. (only in compounds) to ambush, to attack

Sino-Vietnamese word from 激.

This character also has the reading khích.

kích

1. (only in compounds) to stimulate, to arouse, to excite, to incite