vị

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from (taste), from Middle Chinese (mjɨjH). Doublet of mùi (smell).

Noun

vị

  1. taste
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from (for), from Middle Chinese (hjweH). Doublet of . Compare also loại and loài, tự and từ, ngoại and ngoài.

Preposition

vị

  1. (rare, literary) for the sake of
    nghệ thuật vị nghệ thuật
    art for art's sake

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from , from Middle Chinese (hwijH).

Noun

vị

  1. (formal, polite, chiefly in fixed expressions, rare elsewhere) used to address a person
    quý vị
    sir/ma'am
    vị này
    this gentleman/lady

Classifier

vị

  1. (formal, polite) indicates important people
    một vị tổng thống
    a president