tiết kiệm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 節儉, composed of 節 (“economize”) and 儉 (“thrifty”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiət̚˧˦ kiəm˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tiək̚˦˧˥ kiəm˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tiək̚˦˥ kim˨˩˨]

Verb

tiết kiệm

to economize
sự tiết kiệm ― economising

sổ tiết kiệm ― savings-book

Noun

tiết kiệm

saving(s)

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