viết
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 筆 (“to write, pen/pencil”, SV: bút).
Attested as Middle Vietnamese ꞗiét, viét in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [viət̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [viək̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [viək̚˦˥] ~ [jiək̚˦˥]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Verb edit
- to write
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
See also edit
Noun edit
(classifier cây) viết
- (Southern Vietnam) non-chalk handheld writing instrument
- Synonym: bút
- viết chì ― a pencil