thứ thiệt

Vietnamese

Etymology

thứ (“thing, kind”) +‎ thiệt (“real”). Semantically parallels that of English real deal and real thing.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˧˦ tʰiət̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˨˩˦ tʰiək̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰɨ˦˥ tʰiək̚˨˩˨]

Adjective

thứ thiệt

1. (Southern Vietnam, colloquial) true; real; authentic