No. 920 in Vietnamese
kích
"Kích" in Vietnamese means "to stimulate," "to provoke," or "to activate."
In a sentence
Tôi cần kích hoạt phần mềm này.
I need to activate this software.
Here, 'kích' is part of the verb 'kích hoạt', which means 'to activate'.
Anh ấy dùng bơm để kích bánh xe.
He uses a pump to inflate the tire.
In this context, 'kích' is part of 'kích bánh xe', referring to inflating a tire using a pump.
Học sinh được kích thích bởi bài giảng thú vị.
The students were stimulated by the interesting lecture.
Here, 'kích' is in the term 'kích thích', which means 'to stimulate' or 'excite'.
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