siết
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 切 (“to cut, to slice, to be close to”, SV: thiết).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [siət̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂiək̚˦˧˥] ~ [siək̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʂiək̚˦˥] ~ [siək̚˦˥]
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Verb[edit]
siết
- (rare) to cut off
- siết chùm cau ― to cut off a bunch of areca nuts
- to tighten with a firm grip, stranglehold or chokehold; compare thắt (“to tighten with a string or rope”)
- siết cổ ― to choke or strangle (someone)
- siết chặt ― to tighten, literally or figuratively, or to put more serious efforts into (something or doing something)
- siết chặt công tác thanh tra, kiểm tra ― to rigorously inspect and examine