thiết tha

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 切磋, exhibiting a semantic shift from Chinese.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰiət̚˧˦ tʰaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰiək̚˦˧˥ tʰaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰiək̚˦˥ tʰaː˧˧]

Adjective

thiết tha

1. Synonym of tha thiết

See also

• thướt tha