tiểu tiện

Vietnamese edit

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:

tiểu tiện

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 小便, composed of 小 (“small”) and 便 (“waste”).

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiəw˧˩ tiən˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tiw˧˨ tiəŋ˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tiw˨˩˦ tiəŋ˨˩˨]

Verb edit

tiểu tiện

to urinate
Synonyms: tiểu, đái

Usage notes edit

This term is used when speaking about people rather than animals, and is considered more polite than đái (“to piss”), except for the case of đái tháo đường (“diabetes mellitus”).

See also edit

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=tiểu_tiện&oldid=77898533"