tuyết

See also: tuyệt, Tuyết, and thuyết

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from . Doublet of toát (as in trắng toát).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [twiət̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [twiək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [t⁽ʷ⁾iək̚˦˥]
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Noun

tuyết

  1. snow (precipitation)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Toàn Thắng (lyrics and music), “Cô bé mùa đông [The Winter Girl]”:
      Để được bay mãi lên thiên đường, / Một thiên đường tuyết rơi.
      So I could ascend all the way to heaven, / A snowy heaven.

Derived terms

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