phứt

Vietnamese

Etymology

See bứt, likely originated from a North Central dialect. For pairs of plain (or in many cases, lenited) vs. aspirated initial, compare gảy vs. khảy, quấy vs. khuấy, cứa vs. khứa, bết vs. phết, bỏng vs. phỏng.

See also phắt, a variant.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fɨt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [fɨk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [fɨk̚˦˥]

Verb

phứt

1. (North Central Vietnam) to take off; to pluck

Particle

phứt

1. (colloquial) placed after a verb, indicating the action that should be done with

   Synonym: phắt

   Làm gì mà ngồi nhơi cả tiếng vậy, ăn phứt đi cho mau nào.

   You sure have all the time in the world just for a meal, just eat and be done with it.

   Làm phứt đi cho xong.

   Just get up and do it.