thực hư

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 實 (“true”) and 虛 (“false”), misreading of thật hư.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰɨk̚˧˨ʔ hɨ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɨk̚˨˩ʔ hɨ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰɨk̚˨˩˨ hɨ˧˧]

Noun

thực hư

1. whether an incident is true or false

   Thực hư thế nào chưa biết.

   Whether this's really happened or not is yet to be known.