viết

See also: viet, Viet, Viet., and Việt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 筆 (“to write, pen/pencil”, SV: bút).

Attested as Middle Vietnamese ꞗiét, viét in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [viət̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [viək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [viək̚˦˥] ~ [jiək̚˦˥]
  • Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)(file)

Verb

viết • (曰)

  1. to write

Derived terms
Derived terms

See also

Noun

(classifier cây) viết

  1. (Southern Vietnam) non-chalk handheld writing instrument
    Synonym: bút
    viết chì ― a pencil
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