Tết Tây

Vietnamese

Etymology

Tết (“New Year”) +‎ Tây (“west”), in contrast with Tết ta (“Lunar New Year”), literally, "our New Year".

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tet̚˧˦ təj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tet̚˦˧˥ təj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [təːt̚˦˥ təj˧˧]

Noun

New Year (the first day of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

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