thoả thuận

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• thỏa thuận

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 妥 (“fully satisfied; completely settled”) and 順 (“smooth; harmonious”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰwaː˧˩ tʰwən˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰwaː˧˨ tʰwəŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰ⁽ʷ⁾aː˨˩˦ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾əŋ˨˩˨]

Verb

thoả thuận

1. to agree (to something); to consent (to something); to come to an agreement