suất

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See also: suat, Suat, and suât

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from . Compare Mandarin (lǜ, luật, rate), Mandarin (shuò, suất; shuài, soái, to lead), Japanese (ritsu, luật, rate).

The reading with ‹l-› is completely unused within Vietnamese, although theoretically, the character can be read as luật. This contrast with Chinese and the other Sino-Xenic languages, where the character has multiple readings in use.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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suất

  1. (chiefly of food) portion
    suất cơma portion of rice meal
  2. (chiefly physics) rate
    suất điện độngelectromotive force

Romanization

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suất

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of

Derived terms

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