viết

See also: viet, Viet, Viet., and Việt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 筆 (“to write, pen/pencil”, SV: bút).

Attested as Middle Vietnamese ꞗiét, viét in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [viət̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [viək̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [viək̚˦˥] ~ [jiək̚˦˥]

• Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)

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Verb

viết • (曰)

1. to write

Derived terms

Derived terms

• viết lách
• viết tắt

 

See also

• ghi

Noun

(classifier cây) viết

1. (Southern Vietnam) non-chalk handheld writing instrument

   Synonym: bút

   viết chì ― a pencil