thất thiệt
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 失實, with the Central-Southern reading of the second character.
This is the only case where a Sino-Vietnamese compound with thiệt became widely adopted by all dialects.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰət̚˧˦ tʰiət̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰək̚˦˧˥ tʰiək̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰək̚˦˥ tʰiək̚˨˩˨]
Adjective
thất thiệt
- (of a piece of news) inaccurate; untrue