Việt
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [viət̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [viək̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [viək̚˨˩˨] ~ [jiək̚˨˩˨]
- Homophones: việc, diệt, diệc
Etymology 1Edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 越.
Proper nounEdit
- A male given name from Chinese
- (historical) Yue, a state in ancient China
- Việt vương Câu Tiễn
- King Goujian of Yue
- (only in compounds) Vietnam
- Nhật-Việt
- Japano-Vietnam(ese)
- Nhật-Việt
AdjectiveEdit
- (historical) of Yue origin
- (linguistics) Vietic
- (slightly literary) nationally or culturally Vietnamese
- (rare, of a person) Synonym of Kinh (“ethnically Vietnamese”)
Derived termsEdit
- Bách Việt (“Baiyue”)
- Nam Việt (“Nanyue”)
- người Việt (“Yue people, usually refers to Vietnamese people”)
- tiếng Việt (“Vietnamese language”)
- thuần Việt (“native to Vietnam”)
- Hán Việt (“Sino-Vietnamese”)
- Việt kiều (“overseas Vietnamese people”)
- Việt Nam (“Vietnam”)
- Việt cộng (“Vietcong”)
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 粵.