Save Gender Masculine Usage Vietnamese Pronounced Pron. /zʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ/, /jʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Sino-Vietnamese 毓 (dục) meaning "to give birth to, to bring up" or 昱 (dục) meaning "sunlight, to shine".