thốt

See also: thot, thớt, and tho't

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 說 (SV: thuyết). Doublet of thuyết.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰot̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰok̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰok̚˦˥]

Verb

thốt

1. (usually literary) to utter; to speak; to tell

   Nàng có nhiều điều muốn nói mà chẳng thốt nên lời.

   She has a lot to say, but cannot utter a single word.

   • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎^[1], published 1866, lines 21–22:

     花唭玉説端莊 / 𩄲輸渃𩯀雪讓牟䏧

     Hoa cười ngọc thốt đoan trang / Mây thua nước tóc tuyết nhường màu da

     A smile like a flower, speech like jade, very comely. / What are clouds to her hair, what is snow to her complexion?

See also

Derived terms

• thề thốt