viết

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (to write, pen/pencil, SV: bút).

Attested as Middle Vietnamese ꞗiét, viét in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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viết ()

  1. to write

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Noun

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(classifier cây) viết

  1. (Southern Vietnam) non-chalk handheld writing instrument
    Synonym: bút
    viết chìa pencil